Pop. Growth VS Morale

Same thing, which is better?

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a High morale can give you a population growth bonus.

population growth bonus don't give you morale.

Which is better, are they balanced?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You mean race picks?
Morale, hand down.
Higher taxes, and easier to maximize approval to 100% and get DOUBLED growth rate (compared to 99%).
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I tend to get a bit of both in racial traits

I get Population growth and Moral, because the increased economy allows me to buy everything else I need
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Morale is better. Think of all the relatively small planets you colonize in the course of a game. Will pop growth help those? Not much, if at all. Will morale? Yup.

A morale bonus can keep those colonies from dragging you down and make it easier to get pop growth bonuses from high morale.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I like the first point of Morale, since that gives you 10%. But the other 2 points I can pass, because they only give you 5%. Population growth, though, kicks butt. Right now I'm going back and forth whether I prefer population growth or +30% economy.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Is it correct that a planet gives 100% pop bonus if its morale is at 100% even if the morale in the "domestic" window is 95%? I'm correct to guess that what the morale in the domestic window says doesn't matter?

I wonder if it's only the planet morale that matters. Say for example that Earth and Mars got 100% Morale while Vizzard II got 98% and morale in the domestic window is 80% for instance. Then Earth and Mars gets doubled pop growth while Vizzard II gets 25% pop growth?
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i find it easy enough to get a100% morale on my colonys just by building a few vr centers and lots of stock exchanges.A fully teched morale resource really helps to