Fewer Births, Fewer Workers, No Future The Centers for Disease Control quietly confirmed something last week that most Americans felt in their gut: we’re not reproducing, and we’re not going to be. The U.S. fertility rate has officially cratered below 1.6 children per woman—far beneath the 2.1 “replacement level” needed to sustain a population. That’s not just a social curiosity or another cultural talking point. That’s a flashing red light on the dashboard of a nation already driving off the cliff. The economy, retirement programs, housing markets, and labor force projections are all built on the assumption that tomorrow will have more workers than today. That assumption is dead. And with it, the promise of generational stability. The Statistical Cliff:…
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