Capitalism, not population growth, is cause of world’s crises

Powell pipeline Salt Lake Tribune Preliminary population projections from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget have raised that possibility. Growth in St. George has slowed dramatically in the wake of the Great Recession and the bursting of the real estate bubble. Fewer new homes … See all stories on this topic »

Utility ponders new sources of water as drought, population growth strain supply … The Republic Picture those and you’ll get an idea of what Citizens Water engineers have been pondering for the years ahead as Indiana’s largest metro area struggles with drought and population growth that have strained its water supply. “Forty to 50 million gallons per … See all stories on this topic »

Traffic tie-up: Austin’s rapid population growth causes major bumps in the road CultureMap Austin Austin’s traffic problems are the direct result of our dramatic, ongoing population growth, and our dramatic, ongoing failure to invest in the systems and infrastructure we need to stay ahead of it.” Some help is on the way. In a partnership between the Capital … See all stories on this topic » CultureMap Austin

Capitalism, not population growth, is cause of world’s crises The Militant The old nostrum that the solution to these problems lies in stemming population growth has again become fashionable discourse among bourgeois and petty-bourgeois liberals in Europe and North America. Under the rubric of population control as a panacea … See all stories on this topic »

Don’t make a growth industry out of growth-bashing Times of India But many point to paltry spending by the bottom 10% of the population to question the conclusion thatgrowth is indeed boosting income and consumption of aam admi. Yes, per capita consumption expenditure of the poor, rural or urban, should rise at a faster … See all stories on this topic »

Iran gives up birth control program to boost population Al-Arabiya … boost population. Friday, 03 August 2012. While about half of Iranians are under 35, officials fear the low growth rate – currently 1.2 percent compared with 3.2 percent in 1986 – would eventually lead to an ageing and eventually decreasing population. (AP) … See all stories on this topic » Al-Arabiya

Statistics: Scotland’s population highest ever eGov monitor “Scotland’s population has seen a continuous increase in recent years, partly because there have been more births than deaths, but mainly because more people have moved to Scotland than have left. This trend continued in 2011, with migration largely … See all stories on this topic »

Baby boom: Scotland’s population hits record high Scottish Daily Record SCOTLAND’S population has soared to an all-time high of 5254800. The estimated figure for last June caps nine years of growth. That’s largely due to more people moving here than left for a new life elsewhere. Another factor is that births, although dropping, … See all stories on this topic » Scottish Daily Record

An awesome decade of growth – and fallacy China.org.cn The total increase in GDP per capita over the decade was 158 percent. Historically, as shown in World Bank data, and for earlier periods in Angus Maddison’s standard work World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita 1-2006AD, this makes China’s the … See all stories on this topic » China.org.cn

What everyone ought to know about our property markets SmartCompany.com.au But the long-term prospects for Australian property are easier to forecast because over the long-term property prices are really driven by two main factors: population growth and the wealth of the nation. In Australia, strong future population growth is a given … See all stories on this topic »

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