The population and polution in the developed parts of the world are on the decrease.

If we are heading for doom, it is probably because developed societies seem to have too low birth rates. Thus, the human population will decrease in size. If you want to worry about something, I think this is it. We have ways and means of stopping polution and over-population, but we still do not seem to have a way of stopping the low birth rates of developed societies.

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

The pessimist (sourly): It cannot get any worse than this!
The optimist (happily): Yes it can!

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

I know we're going to shift this balk discussion to "Economic Issues" thread very soon, but before we do...I'm asking Americans, how does it feel to see your ship sink? Do you know as to why it's sinking? Are any of you planning to run for your lives to Australia or Canada?

Every problem of this modern age is directly related to overpopulation.
Yet I still haven't heard a politician call for a drastic reduction in population.

So at this point, our political institutions have chosen to ignore the problem, or to talk around the problem, which means that the problem isn't to the point where it's a big enough problem to generate a meaningful response yet.

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

If they've got any sense, they'll head for Moldova.

Oh, come on. Can you say "War with Iran"?

In essence, the population is shrinking in developed countries. The nativity rate is lower than the replacement value of 2.1 children per capita. This is why some people in developed countries speak of underpopulation as a problem, rather than overpopulation. How can an increasingly smaller work force support all the elderly?

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.