> what can actually be done in Japan to increase the birth rate? Re-establish the social contract that was unceremoniously thrown away in the ‘90s and was repl

> what can actually be done in Japan to increase the birth rate? Re-establish the social contract that was unceremoniously thrown away in the ‘90s and was replaced with a ragtag collection of weak measures and inaction. Large swathes of the population that used to live comfortably and relatively stress free in terms of money are now paranoid, sometimes reasonably, sometimes not. This paranoia on top of structural changes just crushed the velocity of money.