Thursday, August 20, 2026

Declining Fertility Rates

The Case for Chilling Out About Birth Rates by Idrees Kahloon
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/birth-rate-panic-overblown/688320/
Even if the fertility decline doesn’t reverse itself anytime soon, the consequences are unlikely to be apocalyptic. 

Don’t panic about the global fertility crash
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/09/11/dont-panic-about-the-global-fertility-crash
A world with fewer people would not be all bad.


A contracting population need not be a catastrophe
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/09/11/a-contracting-population-need-not-be-a-catastrophe
The economics of a shrinking world.