port older
citizens. As far as economic concerns, there is no shortage of workers.
Instead, there is a shortage of work, with roughly one billion people unemployed
or underemployed3. Worker shortages in industrialized countries may be resolved
by importing workers from developing regions, and by keeping older workers who
choose to stay in the job market. Thus there is no need for a larger population.
With the abundant growth of world population at some point there will no longer
be enough resources to go around. At the present rate of consumption, oil and
gas supplies will last about forty years. Although there is enough coal to last
for four hundred years it is damaging to the environment. With this we will see
significant scarcity and poverty. Underlying these is a number of problems. One
is discrimination. When resources are scarce, those in power often decide who
won't get a fair share, and may discriminate against gender, other races,
religions, or economic classes. Limited resources due to overpopulation will
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