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Pandemic Birth Rates Are Plummeting...Except in Scandinavia — Matt Bruenig
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January 23, 2022
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9:52Now PlayingMatt Bruenig explains how social democratic countries with generous social benefits have provided more secure opportunities to start families despite the economic setbacks of the pandemic. These benefits include substantial paid leave, heavily subsidized child care, a monthly cash benefit, a baby box, and free healthcare. Bruenig pokes holes in arguments from politicians like Joe Manchin that such benefits are impractical because they are frequently abused by ‘bad’ parents.
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