Baby doomers: Should you worry about falling birth rates?

Across the developed world, birth rates are tumbling. That poses a fiscal threat: a smaller working-age population will struggle to fund pensions and health care for a growing number of old folk. In the face of a sudden shortfall of babies, governments face a problem: how do you incentivise people to have more kids? Hosts: Mike Bird, Alice Fulwood and Tom Lee-Devlin. Guests: anthropologist Ayo Wahlberg and The Economist's Cerian Richmond Jones. To hear more on this topic, listen to our Drum Tower podcast on why China's one-child policy is still having an impact on the country's birth rate. Transcripts of our podcasts are available via economist.com/podcasts Sign up for our new weekly newsletter dissecting the big themes in markets, business and the economy at www.economist.com/moneytalks  Get a world of insights for 50% off—subscribe to Economist Podcasts+