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How Shrinking Families Break The Economy
We look at the hidden macroeconomic drag of falling fertility rates, using Italy and South Korea as case studies for shrinking household sizes. Lucas breaks down how fewer children per family reduces aggregate demand for durable goods, housing square footage, and long-term savings vehicles. Luna explores the counter-intuitive impact on innovation and labor supply, asking if smaller families mean less risk-taking in the workforce. We anchor our data to September sixteenth twenty twenty-six, examining why GDP growth is decoupling from population growth in advanced economies. This episode moves…
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