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Read the article. It includes a graph that show that fertility was already drastically dropping before one-child was introduced.
by benjaminl 8y ago
Read the article. It includes a graph that show that fertility was already drastically dropping before one-child was introduced.
- Fjolsvith 8y agoAnd, continues to drop: https://www.npr.org/2018/07/16/629361870/despite-the-end-of-chinas-one-child-policy-births-are-still-lagging https://www.npr.org/2018/07/16/629361870/despite-the-end-of-...
- entity345 8y agoChina is bad. Have I got the gospel right? Now, the _facts_ are that the policy did have a real, significant impact. And that has benefited mankind as a whole. But, OK, let's say it was useless... I cannot be said to have been disastrous, then, can it?
- gdpgreg 8y agoHans Rosling did a lot of work on communicating birthrate in the developing world and how in general they trend towards the replacement rate ted talk where he goes over it:https://vimeo.com/79878808 https://vimeo.com/79878808