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Re: Yuri receives hypocrite of the week award (was Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy)



On 30 Nov 1996 02:18:58 GMT, joan@med.unc.edu (Joan Shields) wrote:

>Rick & Bea Tarara (rbtarara@sprynet.com) wrote:
>>: The problem of overpopulation and poverty in the Third World is a VERY
>>: complex one and not, I'm afraid, amenable to simplistic solutions.
>
>Atanu Dey <atanu@are.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>>  Amen.
>
>I guess now wouldn't be a good time to note that it's been observed time
>and time again that when women of a country gain social, economic, and
>political power that birth rates tend to decline.  As a matter of fact,
>birth rates in third world countries are at present declining.

Joan,

First piece of sanity I've seen on the subject.
 
                                                       -dlj.



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