Lack of population growth is a sign the economy is manipulated far below natural level.

Humans get better at doing shit as time goes by. This should support more future humans. If somehow the productivity growth caused by people getting better at whatever it is we do is insufficient to cause family formation and population growth, assuredly either the economy is rigged or there has been some catastrophic change in the reproductive capacity/desire of mankind. There are plenty of resources available to be utilized to support a much much larger population than we have on earth today.

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Hi Dr. people in developed countries have less children. There is a correlation between a high standard of living and less number of children born. Most likely has to do more with humans with more money having more individual choice and freedom… humans rarely want the “right” thing 😂

There's a much-touted correlation between increased living standards / productivity and lower birthrates.

But there's a lag of about two generations.

Which is about the duration required for parasites, loan sharks and bureaucrats to infest and soak up all the productivity gains and tip quality of life and financial security downwards again.

David Ricardo observed circa 1800 that people of all social classes only settled down and married once they had the same financial security that their parents had.

Still true, except for some very religious communities.

If you could control the value of the money, you could set population size to whatever level your heart desires. If you believe earth is too full and we need to take drastic action to make the weather better, you’d engineer the outcome we see today.