https://padlet.com/agpowell/2knjvsmzdn6bb19b Made with big dreams en-us 2022-03-13 03:46:48 UTC 2022-03-13 03:52:29 UTC hello@padlet.com agpowell https://padlet.com/agpowell/2knjvsmzdn6bb19b/wish/2092019381 The Population Bomb is a 1968 book written by Stanford University Professor Paul R. Ehrlich and his wife, Anne Ehrlich. It predicted worldwide famine in the 1970s and 1980s due to overpopulation, as well as other major societal upheavals, and advocated immediate action to limit population growth.]]> 2022-03-13 03:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/agpowell/2knjvsmzdn6bb19b/wish/2092019381 agpowell https://padlet.com/agpowell/2knjvsmzdn6bb19b/wish/2092019711 In the 1960s and 1970s, alarm over population growth outstripping food supply — fears never realized as agricultural production soared thanks to the Green Revolution — led to coercive policies such as China’s one-child rule and India’s infamous forced sterilization camps. India’s sterilization program, supported by international agencies such as the World Bank, began as an ostensibly voluntary effort (though men and women were paid to be sterilized), but soon turned involuntary. More then 8 million people were forcibly sterilized in 1976 and 1977, most of them men who had to undergo vasectomies.]]> 2022-03-13 03:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/agpowell/2knjvsmzdn6bb19b/wish/2092019711 agpowell https://padlet.com/agpowell/2knjvsmzdn6bb19b/wish/2092020111 “But the relative size of these three Chinese population groups of 160 million will soon change. As a result of the country’s low fertility rates since the early 1990s, China has already begun experiencing what will become a sustained decline in new entrants into its labor force and in the number of young migrants.”]]> 2022-03-13 03:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/agpowell/2knjvsmzdn6bb19b/wish/2092020111 agpowell https://padlet.com/agpowell/2knjvsmzdn6bb19b/wish/2092020542  The 2013 Population White Paper outlines their intent to increase Singapore’s population from 5.6 to 6.9 million by 2030. This involves programs aimed at encouraging Singaporeans to procreate more. It also calls for a gradual and measured increase in the number of foreigners allowed into Singapore. The government intends to craft a perfect symbiosis of Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans to boost the nation’s future prospects. Too little foreigners and Singapore’s competitiveness will be at stake. Too many and her identity will be diluted. This balance symbolizes the government’s approach to ensuring Singapore’s economic edge.]]> 2022-03-13 03:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/agpowell/2knjvsmzdn6bb19b/wish/2092020542