Question

According to Simon, it is the economic and political system of a country that matters to wealth and poverty, not "overpopulation." Discuss.

Answer 1

Answer) Julian Simon,an American professor and thinker developed a work known as The Ultimate Resources in 1981,the work which revolves around the idea how overpopulation is not he evil which it is projected to be stopping wealth and increasing poverty,the belief with overpopulation has been that it creates resource scarcity and thereby increasing poverty,Simon on the contrary believed that more people are,more minds are working,more ideas are generated which creates wealth which can be replenished over and over again,the technological advancement made from these ideas can solve many problems,he believed how economic and political sense of a country behaves is what matters,do they use these ideas in the right way and create something or do they show resistance,now if you think a little more in context of today,there are countries which have low population but high rate of poverty,similarly there are nations with high per capita with above average population,moreover think how countries which develops technology progresses much more than less innovative countries,but at the same time there are resources which are limited or atleast as of now they are limited,will overpopulation hurt here,Simon would argue no it won't because it is going to give way ti innovation and thereby replenishment,so to conclude overpopulation can be a boon or bane,the thing is it depends on how a state sees it,if a Government don't uses what its citizens has to offer,it will see them as a burden but a system which recognizes how different brains can solve a problem and create abundance of wealth will see it as an asset.

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