Re: Re: paul ehrlich (was Re: carrying capacity in California)

2001-07-03 Thread ravi narayan
thanks to those who responded to my question (re: ehrlich). Nathan Newman wrote: > > > > On both those bases, encouraging immigration from Mexico or other developing > nations, especially from rural provices, to come to the US in urban settings > like Los Angeles, is one of the best w

Re: paul ehrlich (was Re: carrying capacity in California)

2001-07-02 Thread Nathan Newman
- Original Message - From: "ravi narayan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >if i might, a layperson's question: is it a consensus among left >eonomists that population is a non-issue w.r.t economic health of a >country and quality of life of its people? i ask this particularly >since my own country, in

Re: paul ehrlich (was Re: carrying capacity in California)

2001-07-02 Thread Michael Perelman
The Ehrilich phenomenon is very important. Here is someone who thoughtlessly threw out all sort of misanthropic stuff, worrying about overpopulation. In the process, I think that he learnt quite a bit about political economy. In one of his books, he takes on the corporate influence of science.