return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoAmericans shrug over falling birthratewww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down16cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1129arrow-down1external-linkAmericans shrug over falling birthratewww.newsweek.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square63fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squaresirboozebum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoWhile the cost of children, lack of support and stagnant wages are definately a factor, birth rates have declined even in countries where income inequality is lower and support for parents is higher. It is not going to be an easy problem to solve.
minus-squareGiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoIts not a problem. A consistent population is much easier to plan for financially and socially.
minus-squareWraithGear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoYea it’s only a problem when you need to perpetuate a pirimid scheme.
minus-squaresirboozebum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBut declining birth rates won’t lead to a consistent population, it will lead to a falling population.
While the cost of children, lack of support and stagnant wages are definately a factor, birth rates have declined even in countries where income inequality is lower and support for parents is higher.
It is not going to be an easy problem to solve.
Its not a problem. A consistent population is much easier to plan for financially and socially.
Yea it’s only a problem when you need to perpetuate a pirimid scheme.
But declining birth rates won’t lead to a consistent population, it will lead to a falling population.