Economic prosperity and fertility?
A cycle to which we may now be prone:
- Rising income causes fertility to plummet.
- A few generations later, plummeting fertility causes the economy to collapse.
- Centuries are required to rebuild, because economic progress isn’t automatic, and because economic collapse generally does terrible things to our institutions, knowledge, morale, and understanding of economics. But eventually we do rebuild.
- Incomes rise. Go to 1.
Rising income does not cause birth rates to plummet. Education does.
Example #1:
In the US, the more education a couple has, the fewer children they tend to have.
Example #2:
In less developed countries it has been determined that the most effective way to reduce poverty and overpopulation is educating women. An educated woman is far less likely to get pregnant early on, or accidentally, instead prioritizing her own health and financial security first, then deciding to have children later.
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I do not think we rebuild actually, because after all no one asks you to be honest. They just maintain you while you maintain them for no reason at all :)
Interesting study graphs