Se o joio invade o Trigo que se cultive o Joio

"After all, the countries most committed to the traditional family, such as Germany, Italy and Japan, have the lowest birthrates. Countries with high birthrates, in contrast, usually also have large numbers of children born out of wedlock.

Governments trying to institute pronatalist policies will face an uphill battle. The right kind of programs, such as those in France and Sweden, are expensive, and they may clash with vested interests and anger supporters of the traditional family — which is why many developed societies have done nothing or have employed useless half measures."

A família, que deu sempre uma natalidade pujante durante muitos milhares de anos, é agora para este articulista um mal que conseguiu descobrir nas brumas da sua confusão e análise que pensa astuta. E perante a descida da natalidade e do número de casamentos o aumento da percentagem de crianças nascidas fora do casamento é para ele uma solução e não um problema.

"... contradicts a recent article in the NYT lamenting the fact that the U.S. has more than 40% out of wedlock births, and that this in turn raises the risk to children of increased poverty, poor health, and lower education. In other words, even though the U.S. workforce is expected to increase 16 % by 2050–a highly coveted advantage indeed considering that the UK will only expand by 5% and France’s workforce will decline by 2% in the same timeframe–U.S. productivity could decrease anyway.

Research from the Cato Institute shows why national productivity improves when workers are raised in the traditional family, and especially the extended family. These workers are less likely to be unemployed and have less time between employment.