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Re:Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 by letslightafire on Saturday April 07, 2018 @11:44PM (#16784494)
I can only think of China as an example of purposely limiting reproduction, what others are there?
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Re:Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 by iguy on Sunday April 08, 2018 @05:43AM (#16785404)
Right, 20th century China is the example of government limiting reproduction which springs to mind.

What I had in mind was people limiting their own. In the west the main mechanism was delayed marriage (i.e. saving up a socially approved amount of money first) which kept us well away from starvation 500 years ago. In china/japan I believe the pattern was more infanticide (in the same period) but know less about this.

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