I kinda went on a little research spree on economics this afternoon but at one point I figured it’s probably good to know if it’s possible for, say, at least 98% of people on earth to live a happy fulfilled life at all.

I know there’s plenty of people who’d be more than happy to have literally nothing more than a house, food and water, but that still leaves a whole lot of people who want other things in life.

Do we have any metrics or data on wether the earth can sustain roughly 8 billion humans?

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Providing the basics is why I said taking the wealth and giving it to the poor would work.

    However “comfortable” is middle class, the majority of the US population, and that’s not ecologically sustainable.