The economic model makes even population growth profitable by expanding labor and markets

Evidence

Overconsumption is the nemesis of efforts to achieve an environmentally sustainable future. The goal of such efforts is to persuade people to consume less, whereas corporations spend billions annually to convince them to consume more. In this economic model, even population growth is profitable, because it produces both more workers needed to manufacture the promoted products and more consumers to buy them. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2961 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rates of population growth and ecological transformation are themselves exponential. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 81; Population growth outpaces job growth, leaving millions in precarious work; Governments run fertility campaigns treating babies as means to economic growth (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Under consumer capitalism, population growth remains profitable because it expands both labor and markets. #expands (0.98) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2961