Daniel Hess is the writer behind More Births, ideas for reversing the collapse in global fertility. MoreBirths is a data-driven resource dedicated to helping humanity to understand and ultimately solve the low birthrate crisis that has taken hold across the world.

We discuss:

- Factors contributing to the fertility crisis

- Why Israel is an exception among developed nations in fertility

- The power of strong pro-natal belief - Components of the “Fertility Stack”

- The Amish as the highest fertility group in America

- The importance of allo-parenting and grandparents

- The role of religiosity

-Why economic arguments don’t explain low fertility

- Embattlement as an explanation for nations’ fertility

- The limits of egg freezing and IVF

- The effectiveness of pro-natal public policy interventions

- How the housing we build affects fertility

More Births Substack: https://www.morebirths.com/

Daniel Hess on X: https://x.com/MoreBirths

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