{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/678a98155c9549fc004e8748?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why are we having fewer children?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1737135693303-38bed946-8d8b-478c-8b0f-e06c1f7fad66.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Birth rates are declining around the world. </p><p><br></p><p>Why? And what can - or should - be done?</p><p><br></p><p>Tom Gatti meets authors Madeleine Davis and Anastasia Berg, who have both written on the changing attitudes to child-rearing, to explore the reasons behind these changes. </p><p><br></p><p>They discuss why financial, social and romantic circumstances are leading fewer people to have children, and what governments and institutions can or should do to address the issue.</p><p><br></p><p>Ask a question for a future episode at www.newstatesman.com/youaskus</p><p><br></p><p>Get the New Stateman's political analysis in your inbox every weekday by signing up to our newsletter, Morning Call: morningcall.substack.com</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to the New Statesman for full access to all our reporting and analysis: www.newstatesman.com/jan24</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}