With nations around the world failing to reproduce themselves, policy wonks now realise that too few children could be worse than too many. Without children, populations age rapidly; there are too few workers paying taxes to support the disabled and the elderly; an economic and social crisis looms.
A stable population requires a birth rate of 2.1. Many countries in Asia, Europe and Latin America have sunk far below this.
Abstract:
Talk of IVF as a solution for declining birth rates is a sign that governments are clutching at straws.
