Books & Culture has a fascinating and informative article on the impact of global birth rates. Popluation control has become a hip issue among liberal urbanites. However, as Phillip Longman points out, most of the world’s countries are in birth rate decline, which will negatively affect global and local economies. Less workers, weaker economies.
Of course, certain strands of environmental philosophy argue that we exist for the earth, not the earth for man, and as a result we have a responsiblity to scale back global population growth to replete our natural resources. This issue is complex. Longman provides some clarity here. What are your thoughts?