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b'At the end of the 20th century many world governments sought to lower birth rates \\u2013 e.g. China\\u2019s One Child Policy \\u2013 but now in 2024\\u2026 most major world governments are focussed on bringing fertility rates up. In fact, nearly all of the developed world is facing a declining and aging population. Hence, for the first time in human history a majority of the globe\\u2019s population now lives under governments with a stated intent to influence childbearing.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nSo why do so many governments seem obsessed with national fertility rates? Should they be in the business of encouraging more people to have children \\u2013 and if yes, what kind of incentives do or don\\u2019t work? Are their coherent international regulations governing adoption and surrogacy and if not, why not? Is the domain of demography another realm of coordination failures and enduring disorder?\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nTo start this week\\u2019s episode, Jason Pack and Alex Hall Hall discuss the overall demographic state of our planet and why there can be so much traffic at the Holland Tunnel even amidst failing fertility rates. Alex talks about her own IVF journey and the thought process that led to the eventual adoption of her kids and she discusses why governments need holistic approaches to fertility rather than the mere use of cash incentives. Jason rails about the glaring need for global governance to provide universally acknowledged rules concerning adoption, surrogacy, and to deter the use of those pesky chemicals in plastics that reduce men\\u2019s sperm counts.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nTo close the show, Alex and Jason take some listener questions. They cover: 1) Could Russia implode when Putin loses in Ukraine? 2) Should Britain finally create a written constitution? 3) Are voices that point out western hypocrisy without proposing solutions actually spreading disorder? And 4) All things considered (meaning holidays, NHS, and public transport) is one better compensated in the UK or US for the same work?\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nTwitter: @DisorderShow\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nSubscribe to our Substack: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nWebsite: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nProducer: George McDonagh\\xa0\\nExec Producer: Neil Fearn\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nShow Notes Links\\xa0\\nListen to Birthrates Are Plummeting Worldwide. Why? https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=1000649683423\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nHear Are we living through an infertility epidemic? https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bunker/id1496246490?i=1000650753528\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nListen to The Guardian\\u2019s The chilling policy to cut Greenland\\u2019s high birth rate https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626?i=1000652922783\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nCheck out Who screwed millennials: a generation left behind \\u2013 Full Story podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626?i=1000650954693\\xa0\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'