A Different Look at the “Population Problem”

Abstract

The elite in Iran have been trained in Western economic ideas and committed to solving the problem of poverty either by Marxist or by neo-liberal methods. The author found that neither fit the real situation of people who live in traditional ways. Indeed, economic thought and modern practice are the causes of poverty. They have also imposed on people the false idea that population growth, rather than policies of domination, are the source of environmental damage and shortages.