Why are we having fewer children?

LSE IQ podcast by LSE Film and Audio Team

Mar 3, 202628:48Education

Fertility rates are at record lows around the world, reshaping communities and even forcing some schools to close. In 1950, the global average was around five live births per woman. Today, that number has more than halve...

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