Human trafficking (was economics 101)

[Ian Murray]

I do not think, however, that Western powers aid the resurgence of
slavery,
even inadvertently. At worst, they are doing half-assed efforts to
stop
it. The root of the problem, IMHO, is the overpopulation in the
third
world - which makes humans a cheap commodity, coupled with the race
to the
bottom to reduce labor cost.

wojtek

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What kind of neo-Malthusian drivel is that? The '3rd World' is cold
war racism talk. If anything the poorer countries have suffered a
multidimensional *lack* of investment. If investment levels and
priorities had been different for the last few hundred years we'd
be looking at a very different
population/ecosystem/technology/organizational/cultural dynamic.
What they and we need now is massive investment in 'greener'
technologies that are designed with acute attention to ecosystem
dynamics while meeting human need and aspirations.

Ian