May 24, 2021 | fertility rates, Inequality, Taking Action
Kudos to Alexandra Paul for pushing back against the constant media messaging – often promoted by their advertisers – that falling fertility rates are a bad thing. Her recent letter, published in the LA Times, points out what should be obvious: Growth is...
Apr 21, 2021 | fertility rates, Inequality, Taking Action
In the 20th Century world population growth exploded. That growth is continuing, and fundamentally driving massive inequity of wealth and power between the rich and poor as the conditions of our birth hang upon us throughout our lives. We are getting more crowded and...
Apr 20, 2021 | fertility rates, Inequality, News & Updates
The Financial Times just published an article detailing the massive impact policies that promote smaller families – for all – have on the climate crisis. Nothing comes close. And yet people like Matthew Yglesias and the media outlet Vox continue to push...
Apr 19, 2021 | News & Updates
What’s the most effective way to protect the planet and fight the climate crisis? Fair Start reproductive justice policies, which have ten to twenty times the impact of less fundamental changes. We are only in this ecological mess because world leaders failed to...
Dec 16, 2020 | fertility rates, Inequality, News & Updates
Matthew Yglesias’ new book, “One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger,” is the thought experiment the title implies: exploring policies that might increase the population of the country threefold by using incentives to create larger...