Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Population - $3500 for a newborn
I see this as the ultimate "conundrum".
Increasing the birth rate seems necessary to sustain aging populations; while, at the same time, larger populations will consume more natural resources...
Increasing the birth rate seems necessary to sustain aging populations; while, at the same time, larger populations will consume more natural resources...
This is by Victoria Burnett in the International Herald-Tribune:
"The Spanish birth rate has plunged over the past 20 years as young Spaniards opted to have fewer children and began families later in life, partly, some sociologists say, because high housing prices keep many at home until their early 30s."
