Feb 13 2025 78 mins 2
Daniel Hess is the writer behind More Births, ideas for reversing the collapse in global fertility. MoreBirths is a data-driven resource dedicated to helping humanity to understand and ultimately solve the low birthrate crisis that has taken hold across the world.
We discuss:
- Factors contributing to the fertility crisis
- Why Israel is an exception among developed nations in fertility
- The power of strong pro-natal belief - Components of the “Fertility Stack”
- The Amish as the highest fertility group in America
- The importance of allo-parenting and grandparents
- The role of religiosity
-Why economic arguments don’t explain low fertility
- Embattlement as an explanation for nations’ fertility
- The limits of egg freezing and IVF
- The effectiveness of pro-natal public policy interventions
- How the housing we build affects fertility
More Births Substack: https://www.morebirths.com/
Daniel Hess on X: https://x.com/MoreBirths
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