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		kubb on Feb 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: France's baby bust Economies of scale can happen with a billion people just as well as with 8 billion. The food production grew because of the invention of synthetic fertilizer, not because the more people we have, the cheaper the food can be.

jefftk on Feb 26, 2023 [–]

By "just as well" do you mean "still happen some" or "still happen at least as much"? Because the former seems clearly true while there are many counterexamples to the latter (ex: anything with zero marginal cost).

kubb on Feb 27, 2023 | [–]

I mean enough to sustain the population, and with a surplus.

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