Taxing bachelors and proposing marriage lotteries – how superpowers addressed declining birthrates in the past
- Written by Amy Froide, Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
In England, children were seen as a way to replenish the military and sustain the economy.Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThere’s growing awareness – and concern – about declining birthrates in the U.S. and other countries around the world.
Falling birth rates are usually seen as a sign of societal decline, a nation’s...