Comments for The NYT Discovers That Excessive Population Growth Can Be a Problem at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.cepr.net Sat, 18 May 2013 14:13:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-nyt-discovers-that-excessive-population-growth-can-be-a-problem#comment-2291 Less population growth means less money has to be diverted into roads and malls and houses and electrical projects for the expanding population. More can be invested in new and better technology and better education. Japan has chosen the better path. - Nerrie Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:23:11 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-nyt-discovers-that-excessive-population-growth-can-be-a-problem#comment-2290 I'd expect this to look like a really bad column in 20+ years. There is a big difference in the "dependency" of children and the "dependency" of old people. Children are an investment; taking care of the aged is an expense. India aside, the vast, vast majority of the world faces a severe demographic crisis with Japan being the most obvious example along with several Eastern European countries like Lativa or Bulgaria. - Mike Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:19:34 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-nyt-discovers-that-excessive-population-growth-can-be-a-problem#comment-2288 Due to pressure from the Roman Catholic Church and the militant, Protestant fundamentalists, even discussing overpopulation has been a third rail in news reporting the past couple of decades. - libhomo Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:37:30 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-nyt-discovers-that-excessive-population-growth-can-be-a-problem#comment-2286 How does one contact Dr. Baker? I wanted to point you to a NPR report for your possible commentary. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129348144&f=1001 Freddie & Fannie "just continued to make the same kind of loans and indeed made more aggressive loans during that period of 2005, 2006, 2007,". Of course they don't make loans at all. Also later "Fannie and Freddie, along with the Federal Housing Administration, are responsible for some 95 percent of the mortgages in the country today". True now of course but due to the banks bailout that took and continue to take all the failing toxic assets off their books at taxpayer expense. And who is the Cambridge Winter Center that made these statements? I can't find out anything about their funding. - Andrew Solarski Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:10:10 +0100