Fred Foldvary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why is deciding not to have children against the interest of the genes?
Because gene for not wanting children will not be around for too long, but
only for one generation.
Note also that modern parents stop at one or two
children, rather than many,
I haven't read the article, so everything that follows is speculation.
I don't believe that historical evidence supports this claim. For example,
former communist countries did not have high rates of population growth. I
don't know the numbers for Fascist Countries, but I don't think that the
Let's see first what the risk-free interest rate really is. It depends on
two conditions. One condition is that the borrower will certainly repay the
money. The other condition is that the lender will certainly be alive to
collect it when the time comes. That is probably the strongest reason
- Original Message -
From: Fred Foldvary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Marko Paunovic [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 21:58 PM
Subject: Re: Why is a dollar today worth more than a dollar tomorrow?
--- Marko Paunovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a risk-free
