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If we assume that people are now free to have the optimal number of children without prior constraints (high infant mortality, economic need, lack of contraception), then population shrinkage is not a problem but a solution—better for the environment, housing prices, and crowding

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Speaker

Luigi Zales

Evidence Quote

“I don't see why there is any problem with the utility bust in a sense in the past people were having kids or were forced to have kids either by mistakes or because they needed them to support themselves in the old age now that we have removed those problems people have the optimal amount of kids if the population will shrink a lot that's better it's better for the environment it's better for reduced price of housing”

Source

The Fertility Crisis: Capitalism's Next Challenge, with Sir Niall Ferguson— Stigler Center
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:18:48 AM

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