The worldwide economic uncertainty ~ caused by Donald Trump’s shenanigans ~ has made Western countries focus on their declining populations, which has seriously eroded their manufacturing and consumer bases. On the other hand, many Emerging Market Economies (EMEs), and poorer countries, face a severe resource crunch brought about by their increasing populations. Thus, successful population management has different connotations for people on different sides of the rich-poor divide.

It would be interesting to go back to 72,000 BC, when the Toba super-volcano erupted in Sumatra (Indonesia). The volcano spewed out 9.5 trillion tons of ash, which billowed up in dark clouds, going up to 47 kms into the atmosphere, covering most of Asia in thick dust. The decades’ long volcanic winter that follo

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