Kyle, Adam and Teen spend a Saturday afternoon chatting about Asians not making enough babies. A recent spate of articles focused on one of the West's preoccupations: the number of Asian people on the planet. The past was marked by a Malthusian fear of a locust-like Asian explosion. The current time is marked by a fear of low Asian birthrates, leading to supposedly inevitable economic decline. The three then bring the discussion back to the personal: why don't they have kids?

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REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Women in South Korea Are on Strike Against Being ‘Baby-Making Machines’ (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/opinion/south-korea-fertility-rate-feminism.html)

'Luxuries I can't afford': why fewer women in South Korea are having children (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/15/luxuries-i-cant-afford-why-fewer-women-in-south-korea-are-having-children)

It now costs $310,000 to raise a child: "Something has to give" (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/raising-a-child-costs-310000/)

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