We've all read about Europe's birth rates, or I should say their low birth rates. It's a problem that most politicians don't want to touch, although they will have to deal with the consequences.  I guess a lot of modern politicians don't want to say that couples should have more babies.  At the same time, we need for couples to have more babies. The latest analysis focuses on Germany, and it's not pretty: Germany’s birth rate has collapsed to the lowest level in the world and its workforce will start plunging at a faster rate than Japan's by the early 2020s, seriously threatening the long-term viability of Europe’s leading economy. A study by the World Economy Institute in Hamburg (HWWI) found that the average number of births per 1,000 population dropped to 8.2 over the five years from 2008 to 2013, further compounding a demographic crisis already in the pipeline. Even Japan did slightly better...(Read Full Post)