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33 sats \ 2 replies \ @unschooled OP 23 Apr \ parent \ on: Catholicism and Economic Growth in Pre-Industrialized France econ
Notably, France's fertility dipped from 4.5 children per woman to 3.5 during the period the study concerns itself with, a rate which still outpaces every developed country as of 2017 #437099. There's probably a sweet spot (above replacement level) that the overpopulationists tend to overlook because of a confirmation bias or otherwise fallaciously mistaking correlation for causation.
As I said, I'm not completely convinced by their climate-alarmist-tinged conclusions, but I did find their method and some insights pretty compelling.
The idea of a sweet spot is interesting with this hypothesis, too.
There's an idea called "Cut flower ethics" (or something like that). It refers to how a lot of norms, morals, and institutions can persist for a while after the underlying belief system has faded.
It might be that economic growth thrived in a morally, but not religiously, Christian environment.
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It might be that economic growth thrived in a morally, but not religiously, Christian environment.
I'd probably agree. Interestingly, this seems to check out with some of the observations made by Davidson and Rees-Mogg a few decades ago, as I wrote about here: #947150
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