The possibility that economic constraints might be removed for large populations, shifting whether people have more children, depends on understanding the actual preference function for children independent of economics.

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Jonathan Brebner

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if we remove the economic constraints for a large amount of the human population, then what is the steadystate preference function for children? And I I genuinely don't know the answer [40:39]

Source

The Shared Arc of History, AI, and Technology | Niall FergusonSouth Park Commons
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:05:55 AM

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