Why you should stop worrying about the birth rate collapse

Check out our advertising sponsor, The Economist, and get access to global coverage at an exclusive 35% discount at https://economist.com/moneymacro Recommended follow-up articles: 1. Why the fertility gap between north and south Nigeria matters - https://www.economist.com/middle-east... 2. China’s low-fertility trap - https://www.economist.com/china/2024/... 3. Don’t panic about the global fertility crash - https://www.economist.com/leaders/202... If you appreciate the research, consider buying me a 'coffee' at https://ko-fi.com/moneymacro or supporting long-term for membership benefits via:   / moneymacro   WANT AN IN-DEPTH INDUSTRIAL POLICY MASTERCLASS? △ https://school.moneymacro.net/p/indus... LIKE CHATTING ECON WITH ME? △ Follow me on Twitter:   / joerischasfoort   △ Follow me on LinkedIn:   / joeri-schasfoort   △ I have a private Discord server for Senior and Chief economist Patrons / members. SOURCES: 1.    • Elon musk about population collapse in 20 ...   2.    • Peter Zeihan: China Faces Demographic Coll...   3.    • Population Collapse: Are We Really Running...   4. https://www.nber.org/papers/w35401 5. https://www.nber.org/papers/w29424 6. https://www.nber.org/system/files/wor... 7. https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibra... 8. https://www.nber.org/system/files/wor... 9. https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/techno... 10. https://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do... 11. https://research.rug.nl/nl/publicatio... 12. http://14-reverse-dem-dividend.ong Timestamps: 00:00 - intro 01:33 - the demographic doom story 04:46 - war & its unexpected blessings 07:28 - what 70 years of evidence shows 09:53 - why this time could be different 12:55 - conclusion Attribution: Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Stock footage and others clips by Getty Written and researched by Dr. Joeri Schasfoort and Dr. Alejandro Iribas De La Puerta Edited by Natalia Karpacz