A Unhappy, Unhappy Ehrlich Story

Concepts Have Penalties 

Numerous bloggers and article writers have finished a superb job of laying out the numerous errors of Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich, whom CBS not too long ago devoted a phase to on “60 Minutes.”

So I received’t trouble to repeat their cogent criticisms.

Yesterday I went to the Wall Road Journal to see a letter by my good friend and economist colleague Francois Melese during which he took on Ehrlich. It’s a superb letter. Then I learn one of many different letters and felt profoundly unhappy for the author, Kenneth Emde of Woodbury, Minnesota.

Emde wrote:

I used to be a school scholar after I learn Mr. Ehrlich’s “The Inhabitants Bomb.” I took it to coronary heart and now haven’t any grandchildren, however 50 years later the inhabitants has elevated to eight billion with out dire penalties. I used to be gullible and silly.

The image above is of Paul Ehrlich.