2025-02-21
34 分钟The birth rate in England and Wales and the United States both reached record lows in the last year,
but still developing.
Turkey has gone even lower than the uk and in America, Mexico, just south of the border,
even lower than the U.S. why are birth rates falling so quickly and in so many places?
And can the trend be reversed?
John?
I'm John Burn Murdoch, and this is the economic show for the Financial Times.
My guest today is perfectly placed to speak on this topic.
Dr. Alice Evans is a social scientist who spends her time traveling countries all around the world,
from the Atlas Mountains to the swamps of Zambia,
talking to people about the decisions in their calculus in whether to form relationships,
whether to have children, all of the key things in life.
Alice writes the great gender divergence substack, and.
And Alice is someone who I exchange thoughts, ideas, pleasantries with from time to time.
But today is the first time that we're meeting in person.
So, Alice, welcome to the studio.
It's great to finally meet John.
Thank you so much.
It's an absolute pleasure.
You know, I think of you as my free ra.