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The Baby Boom Mystery: Europe Was Below Repopulation Rate in the 1920s?!
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In this in-depth exploration, Malcolm and Simone Collins dive into the fascinating history of the Baby Boom and its surprising origins. They challenge common misconceptions about what caused this demographic phenomenon and discuss its implications for modern pronatalist efforts. Drawing from historical data, academic research, and their own insights, the Collins couple offers a fresh perspective on fertility trends and what they mean for our future.
Key topics covered:
* The unexpected fertility decline in early 20th century Europe and North America
* Debunking myths about the causes of the Baby Boom
* The role of medical advancements in reducing maternal mortality
* The impact of World War II on societal values and family planning
* Cross-cultural comparisons of Baby Boom effects
* The limitations of housing policy in addressing fertility rates
* The importance of cultural shifts in promoting higher birth rates
* Implications for modern pronatalist movements
Whether you're interested in demographics, history, or social trends, this video provides valuable insights into one of the most significant population shifts of the 20th century and its relevance to today's fertility challenges.
Malcolm Collins: [00:00:00] Hello Simone! We are back to pronatalist coverage! All right. And today we're going to be talking about a very Interesting phenomenon that not many people know about.
Not many people are aware that half of Europe was below repopulation rate before the baby boom. In TFR numbers, that means that they weren't having enough kids to replace themselves. The entire world was in a bit of a fertility collapse during that period. And, We somehow got out of it with the baby boom, and then that's at a new sort of set point that we've been declining from ever since then.
But I want to talk about two things. One, this initial slump, and two, theories for what caused the baby boom to potentially recreate a phenomenon like this. A phenomenon that we can recreate every hundred years or so, and then just have this cycle. That would be great, right?
Would you like to know more?
Malcolm Collins: This was written by Phoebe Arcelognick Wakefield.
Phoebe came to our
Simone Collins: dinner in London, remember?
Malcolm Collins: We met her?
Simone Collins: Yeah, we know Phoebe.[00:01:00]
Malcolm Collins: Oh, oh, oh, her, yes! Yes, Phoebe. The Indian food in London? Yes, yes, yes.
I do think you begin to see her blinders near the end of the piece that is mostly due to the areas of policy in which she has worked.
Malcolm Collins: But outside of that I actually think the piece is fantastic because it brought a lot of information to me that I didn't know. And I'd also say another thing I really liked about this piece and her writing Is usually when I take a piece, I just read like a few paragraphs from it to get like the core of the message.
I'll be reading over 50 percent of this piece. Because she presented so much consistent new information. That I really have to read most of it to get the point across.
Simone Collins: Right. I think we should be clear that Phoebe is one of the most prominent pronatalists in the UK. She's very respected, she's very smart, and she's a wonderful person.
And you may be bad with names, but yes, we do know her. And she was always presented to us as a who's who of one of the, the top pronatalist policy wonks and thinkers. in the United Kingdom. So if you want to read [00:02:00]
Malcolm Collins: this or other work of hers, you can check out works in progress, in 1800s, the average British woman had 4. 97 children over the course of her life, about the same amount as th
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