This is a very poorly researched opinion piece. The world faces a serious problem of falling population. It has already hit Russia, Japan, Italy and other countries and the world's total population will peak within 40 to 50 years. The major population question is how the decreasing number of working-age people will manage to take care of the rapidly aging population. A second major issue the author neglected, and one that will make the population drop much worse than most people expect, is the shortage of women in south and east Asia caused by sex-selective abortion. There are now over 100 million fewer women than men in the age range under 25, and the deficit continues to grow. The author of this piece should have consulted some articles and books on population trends before writing it.