The Fractured Future of Fertility
From Niamey’s bustling families to Seoul’s empty nurseries, fertility’s global divide deepens.
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Bring Back Babies
Fewer births, fraying bonds, failing fixes: from Seoul to Stockholm, a global reckoning with the silent crash of fertility and the myths that sustain it.
The Fractured Future of Fertility
From Niamey’s bustling families to Seoul’s empty nurseries, fertility’s global divide deepens.
Shrinking Tigers
East Asia’s fertility collapse threatens to drain one of the world’s brightest engines of growth, talent, and innovation.
Democracy’s Grey Challenge
An ageing electorate reshapes political priorities, complicating democracies' response to youth demands.
Demographics and Religious Devotion
In a Europe drifting from religion, a striking trend defies the script: smaller, devout communities are multiplying.
The Unpredictable Present, the Inevitable Future
Ageing populations and low fertility rates threaten global economic stagnation, urging bold reforms to avert decline.
Swiping Through the Demographic Collapse
What began as a tool for connection has left a generation unmatched, unmarried, and unwilling, or unable, to reproduce.