Malthusians on the March

[Brad De Long]

>Jeffrey St. Clair quoted:
>
>>WHEREAS: The population of the U.S. is six percent of the world's 
>>population, consuming up to 25 percent of the world's natural 
>>resources.
>
>This is what I can't understand about the Malthusians' argument. Why 
>is the problem the population and not the resource consumption (and 
>waste production)? Is it that they want to be able to maintain 
>*their* high level of consumption, so eliminating almost everyone 
>else might make the arrangement more sustainable?
>
>Doug

Yep.

Keep'em in Mexico where they won't be allowed to dream of enjoying a 
first world standard of living. Keep'em barefoot and preg... ooops... 
keep'em barefoot and well-supplied with contraceptive-laden water...

<cynical grimace>

Brad DeLong