Argen romani is the economists global business and economics correspondent. For a long time, economists thought that as countries got wealthier, they would have fewer number of children. But new evidence is now suggesting that i might actually be changing, at least for some people.
Two years in the making, the country’s new foundational document was summarily swatted down in a referendum. We ask how it went so wrong, and what comes next. Data show a long-held view on fertility and prosperity is not as straightforward as thought; we examine the policy implications. And learning about HARM—the missiles causing so much harm to Russian forces.
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