Tag: asumistuki
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Start with a framing problem Most family policy debates are conducted in the language of help. We talk about supporting single mothers, assisting families, relieving hardship, protecting the vulnerable. The vocabulary is charitable, and charity is the wrong frame. A single mother raising two children is not a recipient of the state’s generosity. She is…
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The Arithmetic of National Decline Every nation runs on a demographic ledger. Births minus deaths equals natural change. Immigration minus emigration equals net migration. Add them together and you get population growth or decline. The arithmetic is simple. The politics are not. For decades, the conventional wisdom in low-fertility countries has been that immigration can…