Articles of note

Can democracies kick the growth habit? A debate with Tim Jackson, From Poverty to Power blog, by Duncan Green. Two leading British sceptics broadly agree on what they see as the limits to growth.

Accentuate the negative, Economist.  A report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) questions some of the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

China, the sweatshop, New York Times. Another mainstream newspaper supports demands for higher wages and better working conditions for Chinese workers (see 5 June 2010 post).

Why we shouldn’t worry about overpopulation, Spectator, by Fraser Nelson. Another rebuttal to the Malthusians.