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People who can afford as many children as they want with arbitrary safety do so at higher than the replacement rate [1]. After decades of explosive growth in t
by benreesman 2y ago
People who can afford as many children as they want with arbitrary safety do so at higher than the replacement rate [1].
After decades of explosive growth in the economic security and prosperity for the middle class in the post war period the trend reversed at some point. People debate when, 2008 is one plausible line to draw.
Like practically every problem in the modern would, the causal chain ends up at vast, unchecked, accelerating wealth inequality facilitated by capture and nepotism and corruption and decaying institutions.
1. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-12/the-rich-are-starting-to-have-more-babies-than-the-poor-again https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-12/the-ri...
- readthenotes1 2y agoAnd yet African countries have some of the highest birth rates while also having "vast, unchecked, accelerating wealth inequality facilitated by capture and nepotism and corruption and decaying institutions"
- M95D 2y agoBirth rates are driven by the hope for a better future, not current conditions.
- readthenotes1 2y agoThat seems an odd assertion. Birth rates are driven by sex without functioning birth control
- jhanschoo 2y agoThe financial calculus for starting a family in such a society and family to the QOL they expect their children to have is very different compared to developed countries.