Family Planning Policies
The discussion highlights the pressing issue of child care and its crucial role in enabling families to have the children they desire. Insights reveal that as economic pressures mount, many young families are choosing to delay or forgo having kids altogether. Emphasizing the need for protective policies like paid family leave and social security, the conversation underscores the long-term implications for the economy if these challenges are not addressed.In this clip
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Elizabeth Warren on What We Get Wrong About Inequality
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What are the economics of parenting?
Is the fact that much of Western society is not even replacing themselves a part of the Comfort Crisis? Is having children something "hard to do" that we should focus on in the context of the human species being made to reproduce, as mentioned in your latest podcast on Doing Hard Things and other podcasts? Thank you.
What is the impact of having children as discussed in the episode 859: Bradley Schurman | Demographic Collapse in Russia, China, and the USA and the clip Demographic Dilemmas?