2024-09-09
57 分钟Catherine Pakaluk is an Associate Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought at the Bush School of Business at the Catholic University of America. Catherine is also the author of a new book titled, *Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth,* and she joins David on Macro Musings to talk about it. Catherine and David also specifically discuss the facts of demographic decline, the women who are pushing back against this trend, its broader implications for the economy and society, and more. Transcript for this week’s episode. Catherine’s Twitter: @CRPakaluk Catherine’s website Catherine’s CUA profile David Beckworth’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth Follow us on Twitter: @Macro_Musings Check out our new AI chatbot: the Macro Musebot! Join the new Macro Musings Discord server! Join the Macro Musings mailing list! Check out our Macro Musings merch! Related Links: *Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth* by Catherine Pakaluk *Why Americans Aren’t Having Babies* by Rachel Wolfe *No One Left: Why the World Needs More Children* by Paul Morland *Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage* by Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Intro (00:03:16) – *Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth* (00:08:30) – The Facts of Demographic Decline (00:12:48) – The Implications of Demographic Decline (00:20:28) – Breaking Down the “Chain of Infinity” (00:23:15) – The Forces Driving Demographic Decline (00:32:18) – The Influence and Impact of Paul Ehrlich (00:38:16) – The Motivation and Background for *Hannah’s Children* (00:43:29) – Why Are Women Having Larger Families? (00:52:18) – Exploring Pronatal Policy Recommendations (00:57:03) – Outro
Welcome to Macro musings, where each week we pull back the curtain and take a closer look at the most important macroeconomic issues of the past, present and future.
I am your host, David Beckwourth, a senior research fellow at the Mercator center at George Mason University.
And I'm glad you decided to join us.
Our guest today is Katherine Pawlkalikh.
Catherine is an associate professor of social research and economic thought at the Bush School of Business at the Catholic University of America.
Catherine joins us today to discuss demographic decline, its implications for the society and the economy, and those women who are pushing back against this trend.
Kathryn has a new book titled Hannah's the Woman quietly defying the birth dearth that addresses these issues.
Catherine, welcome to the show.
It's great to be here.
Thanks, David.
Great to have you, Juan.
And you are covering an amazing topic in this book, and we'll get into it.
But before we do that, there's a connection that we have.
My colleague here at Mercator Center, Pat Hiran, is a family member of yours, correct?
Mm hmm.
Yeah.
Pat is the proud husband of my sister Mary.
And that's been delightful.
Yeah.
Now I had got your book.