Students in prosperous societies, upon learning that AIDS may reduce population in badly affected countries sometimes respond. It’s all very sad, but the decreased population may be good. Aside from...

Students in prosperous societies, upon learning that AIDS may reduce population in badly affected countries sometimes respond. It’s all very sad, but the decreased population may be good. Aside from the moral implications of allowing these deaths, history tells us that a population reduced by disease (such as Europe’s medieval plagues) quickly rebounds. And, unlike other infectious diseases, which infect all portions of the population, AIDS primarily kills young adults. Sub-Saharan Africa has about 15 million orphans, a number expected to continue to grow in coming years. (a) How likely is it that a country with large numbers of uncared-for orphans, one that is also losing the most productive portion of their population, will avoid social unrest? (b) How could social unrest affect a country’s environment?