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Asia's graying populations could roil the global economy
Need something new to worry about? How about how the Old Age Tsunami will impact the global economy? If Eberstadt is correct “Tsunami” might be a bit of hyperbole, but this will prove to be one of the...
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Human capital, population growth and the resource-pyramid
One of several very smart comments by reader Soylent on Barry Brook’s BNC essay What is your energy philosophy? There are many thoughtful comments on Barry’s essay – enjoy… @David M – “Anybody want to...
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Economic and population growth not need be a zero sum game
I’m surprised that the Royal Society got it so wrong – this reads like a Paul Erlich/Limits to Growth product (Prof. Erlich did give testimony to the committee). But Mark Lynas and Leo Hickman have the...
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Can marine fisheries and aquaculture meet fish demand from a growing human...
These researchers conclude “Yes” to the captioned query: Gorka Merinoa, Manuel Barangea, Julia L. Blanchardb, James Harlec, Robert Holmesa, Icarus Allena, Edward H. Allisond, Marie Caroline Badjeckd,...
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Doubling Global Food Supply by Engineering Food for All
Regarding food supply and demand: in the next forty years the global demand for food will double. We are already utilizing 35% of the planet’s ice-free land area for agriculture, an area 60 times that...
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Norman Borlaug: “World Bank fear of green political pressure in Washington...
While John Tierney wrote this piece in 2008, it is just as relevant in 2012. If this surprises you, then I recommend you also read Attention Whole Foods Shoppers by Robert Paarlberg. I hope you will be...
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The importance of being urban
Don't miss the latest from Ryan Avent at the Economist Free Exchange: WHILE Europe's austerity-minded governments and inflation-averse central bank must take much of the credit for the euro area's...
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Mark Lynas: Using the tools of biotechnology to advance Borlaug’s legacy
Don’t miss the recent keynote speech by Mark Lynas to the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative 2013 Technical Workshop, New Delhi. Norman Borlaug would be proud. Excerpts: We are gathered here today, under...
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Joel Cohen: Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem, the Solution, or Both?
I highly recommend that you inspect Floating University’s Great Big Ideas: An Entire Undergraduate Education While Standing on One Foot. In the Fall of 2011 Big Think teamed up with the Jack Parker...
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Hans Rosling: DON’T PANIC — The Facts About Population
Hans Rosling is a Swedish development economist, and for very good reasons, a TED superstar. The captioned one hour documentary was on BBC November 2013. His Gapminder Foundation is a data analysis...
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Target the planning laws not the one per cent
At FT.com Robin Harding (@RobinBHarding) has a very smart essay on the true cause of high real estate prices. This is a wide-spread disease, with familar standout cases such as London and San...
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Are you worried about overpopulation?
A dear friend is very concerned that global overpopulation is making sustainable resource management impossible. A current example is the California drought and water crisis. Because this subject is...
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Economic and population growth not need be a zero sum game
I’m surprised that the Royal Society got it so wrong – this reads like a Paul Erlich/Limits to Growth product (Prof. Erlich did give testimony to the committee). But Mark Lynas and Leo Hickman have the...
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Can marine fisheries and aquaculture meet fish demand from a growing human...
These researchers conclude “Yes” to the captioned query: Gorka Merinoa, Manuel Barangea, Julia L. Blanchardb, James Harlec, Robert Holmesa, Icarus Allena, Edward H. Allisond, Marie Caroline Badjeckd,...
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Doubling Global Food Supply by Engineering Food for All
Regarding food supply and demand: in the next forty years the global demand for food will double. We are already utilizing 35% of the planet’s ice-free land area for agriculture, an area 60 times that...
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Norman Borlaug: “World Bank fear of green political pressure in Washington...
While John Tierney wrote this piece in 2008, it is just as relevant in 2012. If this surprises you, then I recommend you also read Attention Whole Foods Shoppers by Robert Paarlberg. I hope you will be...
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Mark Lynas: Using the tools of biotechnology to advance Borlaug’s legacy
Don’t miss the recent keynote speech by Mark Lynas to the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative 2013 Technical Workshop, New Delhi. Norman Borlaug would be proud. Excerpts: We are gathered here today, under...
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