Catherine Pakaluk on *Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth*

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Catherine Pakaluk is an Associate Professor of Social Research and Economic Thought at the Bush School of Business at the Catholic University of America. Catherine is also the author of a new book titled, *Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth,* and she joins David on Macro Musings to talk about it. Catherine and David also specifically discuss the facts of demographic decline, the women who are pushing back against this trend, its broader implications for the economy and society, and more.

Transcript for this week’s episode.

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Related Links:

*Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth* by Catherine Pakaluk

*Why Americans Aren’t Having Babies* by Rachel Wolfe

*No One Left: Why the World Needs More Children* by Paul Morland

*Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage* by Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:03:16) – *Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth*

(00:08:30) – The Facts of Demographic Decline

(00:12:48) – The Implications of Demographic Decline

(00:20:28) – Breaking Down the “Chain of Infinity”

(00:23:15) – The Forces Driving Demographic Decline

(00:32:18) – The Influence and Impact of Paul Ehrlich

(00:38:16) – The Motivation and Background for *Hannah’s Children*

(00:43:29) – Why Are Women Having Larger Families?

(00:52:18) – Exploring Pronatal Policy Recommendations

(00:57:03) – Outro