> I suspect that over the next few decades we will see the countries with the lowest birth rates start to push massive incentives for having more children. Wit

> I suspect that over the next few decades we will see the countries with the lowest birth rates start to push massive incentives for having more children. With what money? Babies are seen as a liability more than a investment among young people. No amount of money the government can afford will change that. It's a consequence of ultra-individualism driven by mass market societies and the disintegration of the nuclear family in western societies. The other extreme is of course gender imbalance where females are deemed worthless, you can't fix that with money either.