> >Be very careful. The population of the rich grows in two ways: (i) >>the rich have lots of children, and (ii) the poor become rich... > >do you know that african american women are sterilized at a significantly >higher rate than white women? (according to our sociologist friend, >Andy Austin, 3-4 times) doesn't it also bother you that the US elite >(particulary the new right) celebrate the decline in black fertility >rates? What bothers you actually? > >Mine That worry about "overpopulation" soon turns into an action plan aimed at making sure that the poor people of the world--and their descendants--stay poor... Brad DeLong