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What Will The Consequences Be Of Our Plummeting Birth Rate?
2019-03-28
[The Federalist] The U.S. fertility rate recently dropped to a historic low. What are demographers saying about this downturn? Should humans stop procreating to fight climate change? Lyman Stone joins Ben Domenech on The Federalist Radio Hour to discuss fertility, demographics, the Green New Deal, and the nature of Twitter arguments.

"What if we did cut fertility in half? Yes, in 100 years, 50 years even that would result in meaningful amounts of emissions reductions," Stone said. "But if you believe the scientific research that’s motivating this whole argument, that’s too late. You’re past the point of no return."
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  ....*cough* cell phones.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-03-28 21:24  

#9  Soy suppresses androgen (testosterone and estrogen). Soy is in everything.
Every culture that consumes large amounts of soy is having the same problem.

Get rid of soy, stop the vegan/vegetarian nonsense and you'll see the birthrates go back up.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2019-03-28 15:05  

#8  Why should a nation "want" a higher birthrate?

The best way to decide what the birthrate should be is leave it to parents...

Everything else smells rather marxian.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-03-28 14:27  

#7  You want a higher birthrate? Turn off the damn television!
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-03-28 12:55  

#6  If economic rents rise faster than wages they'll still be just as unable to afford the additional expense of children.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-03-28 12:05  

#5  People who are un- or underemployed and carrying heavy debt delay adding an additional expense. Once they trust that the jobs will be there and they reduce their debt, we’ll see more having babies.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-03-28 12:02  

#4  As with the last 'boom', the coming civil war will provide an incentive to reproduce. Survivors have a different perspective with less distractions from institutions that pervaded the pre-war society.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-03-28 07:35  

#3  Was the country poor in the 1950s relative to the rest of the world?

Higher population density is often correlated with worse standards of living.

it's good for rent-seekers though.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-03-28 06:39  

#2  Fewer lefties would be nice.They tend to muck up things anyway.
Posted by: Dale   2019-03-28 05:35  

#1  Consequences? Well, here's one consequence our gov't is standing by and doing virtually nothing about, in order to sustain the 'big gov't' ponzi scheme:

U.S. Projected to Add 1.5M Illegal Aliens to Population this Year
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-03-28 03:53  

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