Interesting to see you miss the obvious other solution - technology! Fertility enhancing tech would act to boost birth rates - just see how much people spend on IVF and surrogacy currently. Better IVF and artificial wombs would be a great benefit.
There are clearly large chunks of people who would like more children but are not able to have them.
There is a large discrepancy between prime fertility and prime earning ages - in part because education takes so long and life expectancy has increased.
I disagree with the point Japan is a good example, when you can argue many of their real problems are yet to manifest due to the debt only now being declared unsustainable by a increasing amount of observers including the Prime minister who compared his country to Greece, boks words indeed. On the point of bribing, I also disagree, most attempts at "bribing" are barely enough to offset long term costs and we can envision more expansive policy in this regard like for example giving money for a down payment on a home or just building one outright whether that be a nice apartment or house
Interesting to see you miss the obvious other solution - technology! Fertility enhancing tech would act to boost birth rates - just see how much people spend on IVF and surrogacy currently. Better IVF and artificial wombs would be a great benefit.
There are clearly large chunks of people who would like more children but are not able to have them.
There is a large discrepancy between prime fertility and prime earning ages - in part because education takes so long and life expectancy has increased.
Great article tho! I really enjoyed the inclusion of space as a space colonist enthusiast!
I disagree with the point Japan is a good example, when you can argue many of their real problems are yet to manifest due to the debt only now being declared unsustainable by a increasing amount of observers including the Prime minister who compared his country to Greece, boks words indeed. On the point of bribing, I also disagree, most attempts at "bribing" are barely enough to offset long term costs and we can envision more expansive policy in this regard like for example giving money for a down payment on a home or just building one outright whether that be a nice apartment or house