... and a Happy new Year!
Eva
THE PEOPLE
JANUARY 1998
VOL. 108 NO. 10
ERLICH AT IT AGAIN--
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO
'THE POPULATION BOMB?'
BY KEN BOETTCHER
In 1968 Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich, in his book, THE
POPULATION BOMB, predicted that worldwide starvation due to
overpopulation would
I have not read Ehrlich though I vaguely recall hearing about his book when
it came out.
I would of course agree with your position that workers get only a fraction
of what their labor is worth.
It is also true, I believe, that the current productive capacity of the
world in food and other nece
At 11:08 PM + 12/30/98, Durant wrote:
>ERLICH AT IT AGAIN--
>WHATEVER HAPPENED TO
>'THE POPULATION BOMB?'
>
>BY KEN BOETTCHER
>
...
>
>An associate of Ehrlich, Stanford professor Stephen H.
>Schneider, made it clear what this might mean for workers.
>"People need to pay for what they destroy-
- Original Message -
From: Caspar Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>The best way to restrain population growth is, as Victtor says, to
>raise the standard of living, particularly for women, and to allow
>women greater control over their lives and communities.
We are already over carrying capac
This article gives a good description of the growing gap between the
rich and poor, and of the shrinking middle class.
I was taught and firmly believe that the health of a society is
indicated most clearly by the size and well being of the middle group.
After the second world war, there were almo
This may be late and off-topic, but it would be interesting to see
whether it is possible (it may have already been done, I don't know) to
produce a variant of the current international GDP accounting system
where, as Mr Milne bluntly and correctly puts it, manufactured things
are assets and huma
- Original Message -
From: Dennis Paull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Professor Erlich may have been wrong in his time table for the
>beginning of global shortages of food, energy and other
>resources, but the gist of his message is still valid.
I can't find the reference, but Ehrlich was present
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:13:28 +1300
From: janice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Tobin Tax - Sierra Club
The Tobin Tax
Sierra Club
November 1998
What is the Tobin tax?
In 1978, James Tobin, a Nobel-Prize-winning economist, first p
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Hi all,
Ken Boettcher writes:
>ERLICH AT IT AGAIN--WHATEVER HAPPENED TO
>'THE POPULATION BOMB?'
>
>BY KEN BOETTCHER
>
>In 1968 Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich, in his book, THE
>POPULATION BOMB, predicted that worldwide starvation due to
>overpopulation would result in death for hun
