As a guy with a high background on economics (finance and banking) I must tell you that I’m somehow interested on how this whole financial crisis affects us.

Today, I’ve just heard that Paul Krugman Won the Nobel Prize in Economics, but since I don’t know this guy (ashamed!), I had to Google it and find out more.

As to my surprise it wasn’t his housing bubble or financial warning that got a smile on my face, but his “thinking about food”. Supply, Demand, and English Food is one of his essays on how bad the British food used to be and how heavenly it tastes today.

There may be truth in what he said - that if you consider supply and demand, but I’d honestly like to know if people in less developed countries care how sophisticated their dinner is. They just thank God for the little “something” on their tables, instead of thinking macro-economics. There’s no such thing as bad-food for them.

Congratulations for the deserved prize, but how about we two talk a little about food? What would you say Mr. Krugman? Maybe this 9-year old would eat the “bad” British food, if not I’m sure those African farmers would.

Image via Alan Cordova

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Reborn, born again, recycled, all seems the same to me. There’s a baby maker in Foutainhall, Scotland - near Edinburgh, who makes, well, um, babies. Except her babies are not real. For some, they are too much like real babies. They are crafted in vinyl and have become quite popular with collectors and nostalgic grandparents, not to mention parents who have lost their little ones.

I’m not buying it. A plastic baby can’t replace a real baby. Still, these babies are painted over several times to create the newborn skin feeling. They have mohair (not sure what that is) and eyelashes (I know what they are). The babies are also weighted to feel as heavy as a human baby.

So, why don’t people who buy these babies try the adoption thing? There are children looking for parents. Can you say India and China? Why would anybody want a plastic doll when they could have a living doll in need of a real parent? Our planet is crowded enough. Why recycle babies?

Our last question is if these babies need green diapers or not. Guess not, right?

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The challenge of a greener world will be the ever growing number of Earthlings to keep on track. The world population is expected to hit 7 billion by 2012, 10 billion in the 2050s.  It took 6000 years, give or take a few, to reach 6 billion in 1999. In just 13 years, another billion will be added. The world population was under 1 billion in 1800.

Medical and nutritional advances are given the credit. The good news is that the world population growth is slowing down. The population doubled from 3B to 6B in 40 years from 1959-1999. Growth is expected to be only 50% from 1999-2049. In 2050, global growth is expected to sloe to 0.5% from the current 1.2%.

In the meantime, the world is growing older. Currently, 1.5% of the world’s population is over 80 (estimate). In 2050, that number is expected to grow to 5%. By 2050, India is also expected to overtake China as the most populous nation.

Well, I done my part for world population growth, with a little help from my wife. We added a daughter to the crowd this year.

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