AMERICAN THOUGHT LEADERS: Elon Musk Has Been Sounding the Alarm on Birthrates. Is He Onto Something? With host Jan Jekeliek and guest Catherine Pakaluk (08/14/24, podcast 54 min)

Social scientist, researcher and author Catherine Pakaluk answers questions:

• Why are people in developed economies having fewer children?

• Is raising children really too expensive?

• Does society need or want children?

• What other factors are at play?

• How will declining population rates affect Western economies and societies?

• Why are some families having five, six, seven, or even eight children?

• How does having children affect a woman’s long-term happiness?

(The discussion simply mentions that even Elon Musk is sounding the alarm, but many others have and continue to do so.)