> From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert) > Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 10:06:57 -0700 > > https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/12/how-countries-prepare-for-population-growth-and-decline/ > > If South Korea's investments in > public daycare centers, free nurseries, and subsidized child care are not > helping, why does something equivalent in Mongolia not happening there. > Demographics are mind-blowing. According to https://www.mongoliaweekly.org/post/mongolia-s-demographic-shift-navigating-the-consequences-of-slowing-population-growth , it looks like things changed dramatically after COVID-19 came into the picture. So, it seems like future economic prospects have an even stronger influence on birth rate. Which, ironically, is very Malthusian.