THE EMPTY CRADLE: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity And What to Do About It

Environmentalists, public policy experts, & world leaders have issued dire warnings about overpop. Yet today, many nations are actually experiencing population (pop) loss. An unprecedented fall in fertility rates over the last 30 years is affecting not only the U.S. & other developed countries, but also China, the Middle East, & Latin America. Countries face falling birthrates, rapid pop aging, & severe shortages of human capital. The steepest declines in fertility have been among the best-educated, most materially successful members of secular societies, implying that the future may belong to fundamentalism. Here are sensible solutions to the problems of falling fertility & pop aging that transcend the traditional divide of left & right.