a better status of women in a society. How these birth rates are achieved varies and sometimes abortion is part of that mix. The highest birth rates in our society are from the poorest anglo communities and recent immigrants from the 3rd world. Educate and you get change. Casper : Sam : 23 Dec 2010 5:40:11pm Do you not think that people consider the costs of having more children. And do you not also think that the economy is directly affected by the ability of the population to fulfill the tasks required to fuel growth? As population stagnates, so does our economy. Jarrod : 24 Dec 2010 2:07:19pm Quality of life is connected to GDP per capita. Growth in the economy will not increase the quality of life if the population is growing at an even faster rate and hence lowering the GDP per capita. Eventually I think the world will come to the conclusion that there is only so much poorly made junk that any one person can own and the economy will have to stop growing anyway. jim : 22 Dec 2010 4:08:53pm There will be no permission from the public unless it is sold and perceived as such through the media.As standard practice. The natural environment and ecology should be setting many benchmarks on town planning,density and subjects of creek, river and unique area destructions and with practical aesthetics much more to the fore. Bitumen and concrete,poor wages akin to tea, flour and smokes ration in relation