Human reproduction and economics, strange bed fellows? Our tax system, our entitlement systems, our safety nets all pyramid schemes in one way or another all requiring more participation from from a group of people less inclined to participate.
We have been told that global warming or a pandemic or a asteroid strike would bring about our demise as a civilization but who knew it would be the birth control pill and the condom.

#3 | POSTED BY BRUCEBANNER

Lettuce pickers going to fund your social security? Good luck with that.

Having a bunch of dumb kids you don't want isn't the solution.
#2 | POSTED BY BRUCEBANNER

Even in light of this article, it is somehow reassuring to me to know you're not reproducing.

A interesting read proving one again that liberal have no shame

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE
Green Keynesianism:
Beyond Standard Growth Paradigms

Should the economy reach a point at which debt reduction becomes a major issue, there are many options that are consistent with Green Keynesianism. The Keynesian policy toolkit includes contractionary as well as expansionary measures, and these too can be adapted for environmental ends, especially by placing taxes on environmental
"bads" or higher income segments of the population. Such policies could include: health care reform to limit growth of unnecessary health spending and high administrative costs; a carbon tax with partial per-capita rebate to generate revenues while inducing a shift away from fossil fuels and preserving or improving income equity; higher taxes on upper-income earners and capital gains (eliminating the Bush-era tax cuts, for example, would eliminate more than half of the projected U.S. deficit)

#13 | POSTED BY HARRY_POWELL
#14 | POSTED BY DRJIMMIES

You two need to work on that reading comprehension. This is agenda 21 and has lefty written all over it.

If anyone is interested in justifying your love of all things Keynesianism with Sustainable development, I'm sure a number of us would like to see that. You wast countless band width yapping about Keynesian economics and then you wash it down with a chorus, lowering aggregate demand to save the planet. Just one more thing you libs never though through.

though = thought

#40 | POSTED BY NULLIFIDIAN

If you didn't you should read the study from Tuft's I posted.

"Green Keynesianism"
#42 | POSTED BY NULLIFIDIAN

Not only will it not rescue capitalism it is a paradox. Keynesian economics and increasing aggregate supply is counter productive to "your" sustainable growth. Face it, all you global warming sustainable growth folks are all Austrian economist now. You are on the The Road to Serfdom. :-)

What does that even mean?
#45 | POSTED BY NULLIFIDIAN

I really thought that was, well you? Where did I go wrong there?

OPEN BORDERS.
#52 | POSTED BY ICHIRO

The general idea is to gain population that contributes to the economy and not be a drag on it.

good thing you are a pre-modernist, paneocon.
#49 | POSTED BY ZARATHUSTRA

Just a renaissance man looking out for the folks there Zara.

#55 | POSTED BY DOC_SARVIS

No but I've got a cool Obama/Marx dart board.

The concept of a Pyramid scheme is central in may economic theories. One of the reasons Rome fell was it's failure to keep it's pyramid scheme of taxpayers, conquest and slaves working. Today America faces the same challenges except we have traded the slaves in for the permanent Democrat underclass and the conquest of new territory for the international banking and investment markets.