Family Inequality

Keep an eye on Charlotte. And what is up with Ailany? Also, Israel slides and Mary survives.

Birth rates are falling, but it's not because of falling sperm counts and toxic soup.

The reasons for not having children are dominated by expressions of individual preference against childrearing -- not liking children, not wanting children, or wanting other things in life more.

Together maybe we can suss out the bullshit. Your vote counts.

There are so many red flags that this system is sending up, crying out for the scholarly research enterprise to defend itself. Sadly, reader, that does not appear to be happening.

Women enter the labor force, they have fewer children, those children get more education, and the economy benefits. It's not perfect, but if you're going to have capitalism it's better than the alternative.

Well, I knew I did the interview, on March 7, 2024. I just didn't know that they posted the episode six months later, in October 2024.

A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States.

When reasonable math grossly distorts social life.

Me responding to a talk by Michael Geruso about his book with Dean Spears, After the Spike.