A New One Child Policy

When China’s Communist Party announced it will loosen its one child policy to help its economy continue to grow, I thought it was a wise move. But not for the economy. Or for growth. In fact, I believe one child is the ideal number of children to have and that it is vital to lower family sizes around the world, including the United States.

I am against forcing anyone to have only one child, which is what China’s coercive policy did. In the end, coercion does not change deeply engrained cultural and biological norms, and China’s draconian measures to reduces its birth rate are no exception: even though population growth did slow and famine was averted, the unintended consequences were enormous. >> read full article