Why Italy's Demographic Crisis is Getting Worse

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Nov 30, 2023
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Italy's population has been shrinking since the 70s and Meloni has warned that the country is facing a "demographic winter". So in this video, we break down Italy's fertility crisis, Meloni's pro-natalist policies and whether they will solve the problem.

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1 - https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=IT
2 - https://www.ft.com/content/cf234ec0-ce06-4ce4-bd3c-e33f28680005
3 - https://www.statista.com/statistics/567990/birth-rate-in-italy-by-region/
4 - https://www.ft.com/content/44ccfd0c-b2bc-4912-bc90-26c6c95a9ba0
5 - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20230222-1
6 - https://web.archive.org/web/20090102184227/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-08-072/EN/KS-SF-08-072-EN.PDF
7 - https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/italy-hikes-2023-debt-issuance-public-finances-creak-2023-09-30/
8 - https://twitter.com/BirthGauge/status/1720550649799077991/photo/1
9 - https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/06/01/global-fertility-has-collapsed-with-profound-economic-consequences
10 - https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2015/11/04/how-rosie-the-riveter-led-to-the-1950s-baby-boom/

00:00 Introduction
00:56 Italy’s Demographic Crisis Explained
05:24 Meloni’s Plan to Solve It
07:10 Will It Work?
08:05 Brilliant

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