[lmz]

> Note that the areas where this is true are precisely the ones with catastrophically high birth rates, and the areas where there are pensions, social programs, etc. are precisely the ones where population is stable, or even falling.

And then those countries with pensions and falling population are mentioned as ones who need to import immigrants in order to keep their pension pyramid scheme working...

[Turing_Machine]

Well, you could do other things to encourage more births. It's been done before, with significant success.

[tsotha]

Where? Every country I'm aware of that dipped below replacement fertility has not been able to recover.

[Turing_Machine]

Israel, for one.

http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/children-of-isr...

[pmalynin]

A la Mussolini-esque pro-family propaganda?

[Turing_Machine]

Propaganda, increased tax credits (or even outright subsidies) for having children, tax penalties for not having children...