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From: moi <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:42:31 +0000
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On 29/10/2024 15:18, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> writes:
>> According to Charlie Gibbs  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>:
>>> On 2024-10-27, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
>>>>> My back-of-the-envelope calculation tells me that if we continue
>>>>> to double our population every 40 years, ...
>>>>
>>>> You might want to get some numbers for your envelope more recent than the 1950s.
>>>>
>>>> Here's a good place to start:
>>>>
>>>> https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/TOT/900
>>>
>>> Thanks for the link.  Let's see how hard the government works
>>> (e.g. baby bonuses) to get that extra 0.5 child per household.
>>
>> I have no idea what you mean by "the government" when talking about
>> world population, but national governments including China, Japan, and
>> many European countries have tried to get fertility rates back up.
>> They have all been complete failures.
> 
> Which attempts fundmentally can be attributed to modern capitalist
> theory that requires constant growth.   Without new consumers,
> how can the economy expand?
> 
> Is it time for a steady-state economy?

Long past time.

-- 
Bill F.