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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
imageIn England, children were seen as a way to replenish the military and sustain the economy.Universal Images Group via Getty Images

There’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...

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