Saturday, March 06, 2010

The problem with Greece, Germany and California

It's all about fertility and we have a developing problem too. The United States has a fertility rate of around 2.1, or just over two kids per couple (our politicians have done a really good job of mortgaging our kids future for them).

Greece has a fertility rate of about 1.3: 10 grandparents have six kids have four grandkids - i.e., the family tree is upside down. Demographers call 1.3 "lowest-low" fertility - the point from which no society has ever recovered. And compared to Spain and Italy, Greece has the least worst fertility rate in Mediterranean Europe.

read the whole story here

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