I forgot who criticized Cindy Cotter's note on population. No doubt the
World Bank would willingly use coercive and inhuman methods, but they have
been pushing the idea that women's education is a key to lowering population
growth.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State Univer
In Latin America they have the saying: Barriguita llena,
corazon contenta, which translates roughly to "a full belly
is a contented heart." Apparently the "belly" is meant to be
a womb at least as often as its meant to be a stomach. The
implication is that pregnancy a childbearing makes a wom
Sure its good for employers to have more applicants than
vacancies. But I'm not sure even employers really want to
see a ten to one ratio!
Treacy: Friday's Population column in the Wall Street Journal carried word about
a U.S. Cenus Bureau report that found in 1993 that the age 25-34
I think the view, expressed by Doug, that UN/World Bank/US attempts at
encouraging population control is inspired by racial fears, is incorrect.Most of
the attempts at population control have come from the population problem
countries themselves. Mrs Ghandi attempted to impliment population con
This is a very treacherous area. World Bank/US gov't worrying about
overpopulation is deeply political - a fear that the poor and nonwhite
will overrun the rich and white. But they're very wary of phrasing it in
such hideous terms. So they've taken on a humanist rhetoric that includes
the educ
Hi Doug--
I ran into another UWS leftist-- Kent Worcester from the
SSRC and New Politics. I guess he's lving on 85th and
moving up to 99th.
If you're up here at CU next week, let's get together.
I'd like to hear more about LBO.
John Hartman
