With 8 Billion People, The World’s Inequality Problems Fester

The globe can handle the people, but it can’t handle mass migration politically

There are now eight billion people on this planet, according to the latest estimates. The last billion have been added in just 12 years. It has been traditional for each billion increase to be greeted with hand-ringing over impending Malthusian collapse and mass starvation as the resources are overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

But it is clear from sub-texts …