# 44 - Daniel Hess: Fixing the Fertility Crisis

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Podcast: [Hacking State](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacking-state-6414128)
Published: 2025-02-13T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://hackingstate.podbean.com/e/daniel-hess/
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## Resource

Daniel Hess is the writer behind More Births, ideas for reversing the collapse in global fertility. MoreBirths is a data-driven resource dedicated to helping humanity to understand and ultimately solve the low birthrate crisis that has taken hold across the world. We discuss: - Factors contributing to the fertility crisis - Why Israel is an exception among developed nations in fertility - The power of strong pro-natal belief - Components of the “Fertility Stack” - The Amish as the highest fertility group in America - The importance of allo-parenting and grandparents - The role of religiosity -Why economic arguments don’t explain low fertility - Embattlement as an explanation for nations’ fertility - The limits of egg freezing and IVF - The effectiveness of pro-natal public policy interventions - How the housing we build affects fertility More Births Substack: https://www.morebirths.com/ Daniel Hess on X: https://x.com/MoreBirths If you enjoyed this interview, please leave a review on Spotify/iTunes. Support Hacking State: https://hackingstate.substack.com/subscribe Listen on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alexmurshak Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hacking-state/id1689677076 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XB9XYULrAY4dp0qIJVvCg RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/hackingstate/feed.xml

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