Population Collapse

Never in recorded history have we seen the kind of long-term fertility decline that has been unfolding for decades. Are current predictions accurate? What are the consequences of decreasing birthrates for the foreseeable future? How can marriage fuel a reversal? Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, the Howard Marks Presidential Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania joins to discuss the future of the human population at the national and global levels. 

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