Let's make babies: The coming population crisis
Treasurer Jim Chalmers touched a nerve when he suggested Australians should start having more kids, but does he actually have a point? Fertility rates are falling dramatically across the world and it's stoking all sorts of fears. Guest: Dr Jennifer Sciubba - one of the foremost experts in the field of political demography & the author of 8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World Recommendations: Geraldine: Reading - You can’t even pay people to have more kids by Anna North, Vox. Hamish: Reading - China's high stakes struggle to avoid demographics disaster by The Economist. Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Show Notes
Treasurer Jim Chalmers touched a nerve when he suggested Australians should start having more kids, but does he actually have a point? Fertility rates are falling dramatically across the world and it's stoking all sorts of fears.
Guest: Dr Jennifer Sciubba - one of the foremost experts in the field of political demography & the author of 8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World
Recommendations:
Geraldine: Reading - You can’t even pay people to have more kids by Anna North, Vox.
Hamish: Reading - China's high stakes struggle to avoid demographics disaster by The Economist.
Get in touch:
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]