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Don't forget Swedish fertility rates are less than the replacement rate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Sweden#Total_fertility_rate http://en.wiki

• Tyrannosaurs 16y ago
  Encouraging procreation isn't a sustainable solution. The planet is over populated and building economic models which depend on an ever growing population (or even one sustained at it's current level) is asking for trouble.
  • araneae 16y ago
    It's true that building an economic model that builds on a growing population is a bad idea. And it it's arguable that building one based on a population that stays the same size is bad, too. That doesn't change the fact that Sweden has many such programs, and it's the fifth most rapidly shrinking nation. A shrinking population makes any social program where a bulk of the money is spent on the elderly i.e. health insurance or social security is going to take a severe economic hit. The Swedes think that by offering incentives like this one, they can help preserve some of their other programs.
    • Tyrannosaurs 16y ago
      I don't dispute that, I just dispute that the solution is to encourage procreation as the original post stated.
  • robin_reala 16y ago
    Governments should look to Logan’s Run for a sustainable solution.
  • eru 16y ago
    > The planet is over populated [...] What tells you so?