While the U.S. may have the richest economy, we represent only 4.5 percent of the world population. That [leaves] a lot of people who need products and services.

Education is the key to a better economy and a controlled population. Until now, the world blamed India for its huge population, but now it could envy it.

Twenty percent of our population is made up of children, yet children are 100 percent of our future,

The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of teo per cent of the world's population.

Bay Area public services have not kept pace with demands of our economy and growing population. Freeways are jammed, commutes are longer, the power supply is vulnerable to a hot summer, and water systems could snap in a major earthquake. Well aware of this, business leaders can be optimistic that negotiations between the Governor and the Legislature on an infrastructure bond are focusing on what gets funded not if there's a need for funding.

We're blessed in Northwest Arkansas with a good economy and a growing population.