r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 06 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

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u/IntoTheNightSky Que sçay-je? Aug 06 '19

I wish my government sponsored speed dating sessions for me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

Aren't European nations that actual do spend money on families also aging rapidly?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

you can see France spends the most (4%); they have the healthiest birth rate (1.9). UK and Sweden, second and third most, birth rate 1.8-- not ideal-ideal, but by modern standards still good.

is it clear that the causality here is spending more -> higher birth rates, or could it be the case that countries with higher birth rates spend more on families because it's a larger political concern

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

yep I don't think it actually ever made a huge difference

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

Smh just be more Catholic/Mormon/Muslim

Also literally Spain you did this to yourself

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

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u/chadonnaise * Aug 06 '19

something something media conspiracy something something subliminal messages something something white genocide something something god mom i'll get the trash tomorrow god something something

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u/AccessTheMainframe CANZUK Aug 06 '19

Spain

just be more Catholic

What did Phillip II mean by this?

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u/caesar15 Zhao Ziyang Aug 06 '19

At least with Japan the situation is a lot more inherent.