This is all funny and ridiculous, but my point is that none of these campaigns are actually serious. These governments are all LARPing.
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Unfortunately, even after engaging in more direct measures to raise fertility (cash, childcare, etc), nudges are still unlikely to work.
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France in the 90s, and recently Denmark (possibly) are the only real examples of successful intervention where fertility is concerned.
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It's true that there are natural declines, particularly when the economy is bad. But these newest declines some to some extent ahistorical
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It's much easier to depress fertility than to raise it, as countries like S. Korea, which actively encouraged smaller families, are learning
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No clue what the solution is, barring radical social change (and it looks like we've already got that covered). So er, have a kid. Or 3.
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Tamara Winter Retweeted Tamara Winter
Smh, didn't even thread my favorite campaign correctlyhttps://twitter.com/bookoftamara/status/894245829766258692 …
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Also, in case anyone wants to read more about abysmal birth rates and how we got here, these are two books I'd recommend firstpic.twitter.com/cS4wrpLbVA
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And if all else fails to raise birth rates, spontaneous national sports victories seem like they might do the trickhttp://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/28/icelands-historic-baby-boom-comes-nine-months-after-surprise-euro-cup-2016-win-soccer-football-sports-birth-rates/amp/ …
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I regret to inform you that the Japanese government is at it againhttps://amp.businessinsider.com/japan-coping-with-demographic-time-bomb-2017-8 …
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tag urself I'm the geriatric petty thief in the prison-turned-nursing-home
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