Fertility Collapse as Civilization Risk

Falling birth rates worldwide — with hotspots in East Asia and now even low‑fertility Sweden — are moving beyond a demographic curiosity into a structural risk that could slow innovation, strain pensions and shift global economic trajectories. The author argues that the decline is not simply desirable population control but a potential input to economic stagnation and political stress. — Treating rapid fertility decline as a macro‑policy and civilizational risk reframes immigration, family policy, automation and growth debates and demands coordinated public responses.