When Fear Becomes a Family Planning Crisis
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Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Diana Furchtgott-Roth.
On a recent Price of Business, Host Kevin Price visited with Diana Furchtgott-Roth.
In her commentary for The Telegraph, economist and policy analyst Diana Furchtgott‑Roth argues that the rise of what she calls “climate extremism” is undermining the foundational role of families in Western societies. She claims that relentless warnings about the planet’s future are leading younger people to shirk parenthood — exacerbating low fertility rates already well below replacement levels in developed nations. (The Heritage Foundation)
Furchtgott-Roth points to demographic data showing significant declines: the average number of births per woman in member countries of OECD has fallen from about 3.3 in 1950 to roughly 1.5 today. (The Heritage Foundation) With fewer children and an ageing population, she warns that the “old-age dependency ratio” (retirees per working adult) is rising sharply, placing a heavy burden on pension systems, health care, and long-term economic growth. (The Heritage Foundation)
At the heart of her critique is the idea that telling people “not to have children for environmental reasons” is a form of extremism that threatens the “Western family” — both as a social institution and as a driver of generational renewal. She urges a more balanced narrative: one that presents the world to young adults as worth investing in, rather than as irreversibly doomed. (Telegraph)
Her piece raises broader questions about how environmental discourse intersects with fertility, family life and economic futures — and invites reconsideration of how climate messaging might unintentionally affect individual life choices.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth is director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment and the Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow in Energy and Environmental Policy at The Heritage Foundation. She is an Oxford-educated economist, a frequent guest on TV and radio shows, and a columnist for the Daily Telegraph. Diana worked in senior roles in the White House under Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. She has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the U.S. Department of Transportation; Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury; Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor; Chief of Staff of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers; and Deputy Executive Secretary of the White House Domestic Policy Council. Diana is the author or coauthor of six books and hundreds of articles on economic policy, most recently United States Income, Wealth, Consumption, and Inequality (Oxford University Press, 2021). She received degrees in economics from Swarthmore College and Oxford University.
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