Are you disputing the general trend towards lower population growth in western nations?
I'd wager that the overall trend, even in the UK, will towards lower population growth provided that we work on the following two goals:
1) Work towards greater gender equality so women have an equal opportunity to pursue careers and interests that may conflict with having a family and thus cause them to delay having children (and have smaller numbers of children)
1) Work towards a more socio-economic equality so people from all income and class backgrounds have equal chance to achieve a good education and pursue the sorts of interests that may conflict with having a family too early.
So, basically:
1) Fund high quality equal opportunity state education, apprenticeships and training programmes (preferably life-long?) 2) Legislate to protect people against discrimination on grounds of gender, class and other marginalised traits 3) Work towards other cultural and societal changes that both allow everyone to develop aspirations and have those aspirations taken seriously and respected by others (no 'women can't be engineers' type prejudice)
It's very possible that we could screw this up, but the very general trend is in the right direction.
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Date: 2014-06-15 12:23 pm (UTC)I'd wager that the overall trend, even in the UK, will towards lower population growth provided that we work on the following two goals:
1) Work towards greater gender equality so women have an equal opportunity to pursue careers and interests that may conflict with having a family and thus cause them to delay having children (and have smaller numbers of children)
1) Work towards a more socio-economic equality so people from all income and class backgrounds have equal chance to achieve a good education and pursue the sorts of interests that may conflict with having a family too early.
So, basically:
1) Fund high quality equal opportunity state education, apprenticeships and training programmes (preferably life-long?)
2) Legislate to protect people against discrimination on grounds of gender, class and other marginalised traits
3) Work towards other cultural and societal changes that both allow everyone to develop aspirations and have those aspirations taken seriously and respected by others (no 'women can't be engineers' type prejudice)
It's very possible that we could screw this up, but the very general trend is in the right direction.