I read a book called "Too Many People" and one the the thesis of the book pointed out that after a historical population decrease (like the plague) wages and lower and middle class living standards rose significantly because there were labor shortages. Thus population increases always drive down living standards for regular folks. What do you think?
2006-10-15 06:37:08 · 7 answers · asked by tarro 3 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
My solution: educate all women and give them easy, reliable access to birth control.
2006-10-15 06:48:30 · update #1
Maybe. Most plagues tend to take out the very young and the elderly. AIDS has been getting the people of childbearing age, and the next airborn plague (SARS, avian flu, etc.) may take out a disproportioate percentage of the young adult population, especially in Africa. The Black Plague model may not apply as well. Additionally, plague hit as the world was emerging from the little ice age. If global warning makes world food production go down, those benefits would not appear.
World food production is the pie and the world population divides it up. It's a question of the size of the pie and who gets what size slice.
2006-10-15 06:53:04 · answer #1 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have to be a significant decrease, so the survivors would respect each other. Not the end of the world senarios where there's one town left in the world, but small enough where we'd have to treat people's problems and train them in order to have enough workers to maintain our economies.
2006-10-15 07:11:04 · answer #2 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would agree partially, i think population should decrease b/c it would be good for the world, we're using all the resources and soon we'll all be crammed together
2006-10-15 06:42:37 · answer #3 · answered by BK4EvEr 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They DO have easy, reliable access to birth control and so do men. Why don't THEY use it?
2006-10-15 09:19:29 · answer #4 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why doyou think we are fighting this pointless war? Population control.
2006-10-15 06:46:22 · answer #5 · answered by King Midas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agreed. More people, less jobs, more poverty, more crime.
A decrease would DEFINITELY help the world.
2006-10-15 06:41:22 · answer #6 · answered by Meatwad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i must agree..we are taxing the worlds resources so heavily, etc. this is why we really need wars, plaques, etc. it is mother nature's way of sustaining herself.
2006-10-15 06:47:34 · answer #7 · answered by bghoundawg 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋