Tag: fertility
Giving money to new parents won’t fix the issue. In recent weeks, the government released provisional data for 2024 that show the birth rate remains low in the U.S., and reports suggest that the Trump administration wants to encourage Americans to get married and have more babies. First the facts. Fertility rates have generally been…
The graphic below (Figure 1) of the oldest societies in the world – from Visual Capitalist – is both striking and somewhat misleading. Monaco is far older than any other country, no doubt because you have to be old and rich to afford to live there. Many of the other places on the list are tropical island…
