Archive for January 8th, 2005
Population π
Below is a simple inquiry into how natural check could kick-in from a market stand-point to curtail a growing population. Although, a more interesting inquiry would have been “when” would it kick-in?
First, a sample population was divided into 3 basic groups- consumers, laborers and producers. Then the general effect of each on the other because of a growing market and the resulting downward pressure on price was ‘guessed at’.
WHERE
SOL = Standard of Life
c = Consumers
l = Labor
p = Producers
e = Environmental Resources
* = Note: A higher Standard of Life may not always result in a positive contribution to a growing population. It may however lead to a more socially-amicable world environment, thus causing higher SOLe.
Needless to say, this simple inquiry did not even touch the complexity of our market of more than 6 billion. But it did help throw some light on a topic I have been thinking about for some time now- Labor Optimization, which some would say is just another euphemism for Competitive Outsourcing.
–π
