Celebrating 6 Billion

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Dear friend of Liberty:

CELEBRATING 6 BILLION: MORE THE MERRIER

The UN has designated a child born in the Bosnian capital on 12 October
1999, as the 6 billionth person on earth.

In this article, BARUN S. MITRA, argues that when political freedom is
secured and the market is unrestrained, more people increases demand,
and
therefore also the supply, and at the end there is more available for
consumption than ever before. People are the ultimate resource, they
just
don't come with a mouth alone, but also a mind and a pair hands. Rather
than mourning, it is time to party and cut the cake on the arrival of
the 6
billionth person on this planet. Rather than blaming population growth,
it
is also a time to focus on the policies that have deprived basic
freedoms
and forced millions in poverty amidst abundance.

This article is available at our web site.
http://www.angelfire.com/mi/libertyinstitute/pop6bn.html

An oped on the same topic titled "6 billion and growing" appeared The
Economic Times on 12 October 1999. It is available at
http://www.economictimes.com/121099/12opin04.htm

Links to some other articles in the same vein is given below

"WELCOME BABY SIX BILLION!" by Steven W. Mosher, President of Population

Research Institute, in PRI's Weekly Briefing on 12 October 1999 (Volume
1 /
Number 20)
http://www.pop.org

"Surging population, urbanization bring new prosperity" by Lawrence
Solomon, in the National Post/Financial Times, Canada, on 5 October
1999.
http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=991005/94178&s2=opinion

Please share this message with your friends. All are invited to join in
the
celebrations.

Comments and suggestion are welcome.

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will remove you from this mailing list.

Thank you.

Barun Mitra
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