China Changes "One Child" Policy, but Liberal Malthusian Professor Begs to Differ

The Chinese tyranny has amended its one-child policy to "allow" couples to have two children. Why? Not out of the milk of human kindness. China is an aging society and many elderly will not have families to care for them. Moreover, there are tens of millions more males than females, leaving many men without the prospect of marriage and thus resulting in social discord.

Centralized control almost always creates more problems than it solves. The point is lost, though, on Bowdoin College philos...