Hi George
On TV we had programmes on child slavery. I watched one on the Democratic
Republic of the Congo which was simply horrific about very young children
slaving away in the open, manually extracting copper. Last might, we had one
on India. It was reckoned that 11 million very young children produce goods
for the Western consumer market . The scenes recorded clandestinely were
truly terrible. They earned half a pound sterling doing 15 hours of work a
day. Sad that sections of Indian capitalism are making progress in leaps and
bounds by exploiting so many children who have never had a day's schooling.
Tonight there ought to be a programme on child labour in China. Yet another
one, on the relentless rush to world economic status.
Need I say more?
Cornel
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@goanet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:38 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Re: India gobbling the world - Malthus be gone!
--- Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am sure as, Dr Khushwant Singh and Chidambaram,
revel in the headway that India is making, their
foremost wish is Malthus be gone. Unfortunately, the
spectre of Maltus will follow both India and China
well into the next century.
For those further interested in Malthus (Elisabeth's reference above), see
link and excerpt below
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/malthus.htm
"In this famous work, Malthus posited his hypothesis that (unchecked)
population growth always
exceeds the growth of means of subsistence. Actual (checked) population
growth is kept in line
with food supply growth by "positive checks" (starvation, disease and the
like, elevating the
death rate) and "preventive checks" (i.e. postponement of marriage, etc.
that keep down the
birthrate), both of which are characterized by "misery and vice".
Malthus's hypothesis implied
that actual population always has a tendency to push above the food
supply. Because of this
tendency, any attempt to ameliorate the condition of the lower classes by
increasing their incomes
or improving agricultural productivity would be fruitless, as the extra
means of subsistence would
be completely absorbed by an induced boost in population. As long as this
tendency remains,
Malthus argued, the "perfectibility" of society will always be out of
reach."
Regards,
George
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