Malthus was wrong. There is enough food to feed all the people in the world. Food production can keep up with population growth.
Over two hundred years ago, Thomas Malthus predicted that the [...]
Would not raising the standard of living of the poorer, developing countries increase life choices for men and women thereby encouraging smaller families and lower fertility rates?
The assumption that prosperity stabilizes or reduces population is questionable [...]
Until the developed world gets serious about reducing its over-consumption and pollution, can the developing world realistically be expected to deal with its population growth?
Of course, the developed world should curb its consumption, but [...]
Don’t poor families living off subsistence agriculture need large families to help with their labours and to ensure parents will have enough children to support them in their old age?
Historically, there have been the leading incentives encouraging people to [...]
Isn’t it presumptuous for wealthier parts of the world to advise poor countries to stabilize or even reduce their populations?
Wealthier countries can afford to gather and analyze information on [...]
Would it solve the global population problem to educate Third World women?
There is undoubtedly a direct correlation between increased female education [...]
Since rising standards of living are said to lower fertility levels, can’t the problem of overpopulation be addressed by sharing the wealth to eliminate poverty?
Answer: Faced with a huge and growing human population and [...]
Won’t technological developments allow populations to expand indefinitely?
Answer: Technology allowed humans numbers to grow and to draw [...]
Human population is apparently decreasing, so what’s the problem?
Answer: It is the rate of growth that is decreasing, [...]