In the prosperity-eats-birth-rate scenario, the society is prosperous but individuals aren't having babies. Maybe fewer births aren't due to prosperity itself b

In the prosperity-eats-birth-rate scenario, the society is prosperous but individuals aren't having babies. Maybe fewer births aren't due to prosperity itself but the complexities it brings - including for those who aren't prosperous. In the US, poor people are also having fewer babies. Like success, poverty consumes much time but it does so with far less hope. With that combo, the most fundamental resources of future-building (ex: consideration, dreaming) become scarce.