We are in a fertility crisis. Subsidies to families will not solve it.

Hungary spends over 5% of its GDP on subsidies to families. Parents are eligible for loans and grants from the state. And if you’re a woman with four or more children, you never have to pay taxes again!

Hungary’s fertility jumped for a few years. But it has now settled back down almost as low as it was before, at 1.36 births per woman.

At this rate, rapid population decline is assured.

Here are some solutions I'm looking at instead:

1) Apps to promote prayer and religion. Religious people tend to have more children.

2) Ways to extend fertility. Many families have fewer kids than they'd like because they started late and run out of time.