Britain didn't win WWII by panicking. Let´s be bold, determined and stick to the best of values.
Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.
If you have democracy, people will vote for washing machines. They love them.
My experience from 20 years of Africa is that the seemingly impossible is possible.
There are two billion fellow human beings who live on less than $2 a day.
To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.