>These are the only proven solutions to population control.
NOT true. Statistically the more educated a group becomes + the higher the standard of living the lower the groups birth rate. Jews and Japanese are the prime example. Higher educatation alone correlates with lower birth rates. The birth rate for African American's alone has fallen 60% in 10 years. Much in part due to increased education in the form of college scholarships and grants.
Simply put. Educating humanity allows it to naturally direct itself back towards sustainable levels without drastic and extreme eugenics or one child policies.
I agree on one thing : increasing prosperity naturally reduces populations, but I don't class that as population control. Control means having a set target. Control is the Chinese one-child policy, which is a demographic disaster unfolding before our eyes.
Being wealthier generally means choosing to have less children as the cost of child rearing increases. But this isn't population control. That is letting the natural ebb and flow of populations come and go.
NOT true. Statistically the more educated a group becomes + the higher the standard of living the lower the groups birth rate. Jews and Japanese are the prime example. Higher educatation alone correlates with lower birth rates. The birth rate for African American's alone has fallen 60% in 10 years. Much in part due to increased education in the form of college scholarships and grants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/97facts/edu2birt.htm
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/pop994.doc.htm
http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/correlation-b...
Simply put. Educating humanity allows it to naturally direct itself back towards sustainable levels without drastic and extreme eugenics or one child policies.