Dr. Karen Guzzo

In terms of the labor market, one of the biggest and most obvious solutions, and to be frank, one we've relied on in the United States for a long time, is immigration. Immigrants play a large role in our labor market. They work in a lot of different fields. They are major contributors.

In terms of the labor market, one of the biggest and most obvious solutions, and to be frank, one we've relied on in the United States for a long time, is immigration. Immigrants play a large role in our labor market. They work in a lot of different fields. They are major contributors.

In fact, even undocumented immigrants often pay Social Security taxes, so they're not even drawing out in the system, but they're contributing to it.

In fact, even undocumented immigrants often pay Social Security taxes, so they're not even drawing out in the system, but they're contributing to it.

Yes. So trad wives are really having a moment over the past few years. It's really taken off due to social media, where young, conventionally attractive women, often white, thin and attractive and middle class, are making a life for themselves or presenting a life in which they are staying home with their children. They are sort of in charge solely of home.

Yes. So trad wives are really having a moment over the past few years. It's really taken off due to social media, where young, conventionally attractive women, often white, thin and attractive and middle class, are making a life for themselves or presenting a life in which they are staying home with their children. They are sort of in charge solely of home.

They are working perhaps to have home farms. They are feeding their kids organic food. They are sewing clothes. They are really sort of embracing domesticity. And that's really what the Tradwife moment is about, having clear gender roles where women are in charge of the home and men are in charge of the money and they're the provider and they go out into the world.

They are working perhaps to have home farms. They are feeding their kids organic food. They are sewing clothes. They are really sort of embracing domesticity. And that's really what the Tradwife moment is about, having clear gender roles where women are in charge of the home and men are in charge of the money and they're the provider and they go out into the world.

And so it does dovetail a lot with this pronatalist movement because most tradwives sort of espouse or align with sort of what we might consider as more conservative ideals.

And so it does dovetail a lot with this pronatalist movement because most tradwives sort of espouse or align with sort of what we might consider as more conservative ideals.

And so one of the things that's interesting about the pronatalist movement is there's a lot of critique about feminists and working mothers and working women, and that women are spending too much time getting educational, increasing their educational attainment, spending too much time in the labor force.

And so one of the things that's interesting about the pronatalist movement is there's a lot of critique about feminists and working mothers and working women, and that women are spending too much time getting educational, increasing their educational attainment, spending too much time in the labor force.

that they're becoming too picky about the potential partners for whom they would marry and have children with. And so part of the trad wife moment seems to be pushing very specific gender roles and that once women are home, of course, then they would want to have more children and that would increase the birth rate.

that they're becoming too picky about the potential partners for whom they would marry and have children with. And so part of the trad wife moment seems to be pushing very specific gender roles and that once women are home, of course, then they would want to have more children and that would increase the birth rate.

There's some current concerns about this, though, is that when people are women are embracing this lifestyle, there's nothing wrong with this lifestyle per se, but it does increase their dependency on their partners, their economic dependency. And so if relationships are not don't work out, this really leaves women financially in trouble. It's especially the case.

There's some current concerns about this, though, is that when people are women are embracing this lifestyle, there's nothing wrong with this lifestyle per se, but it does increase their dependency on their partners, their economic dependency. And so if relationships are not don't work out, this really leaves women financially in trouble. It's especially the case.

And sometimes we see this notion of stay at home girlfriends where there isn't even sort of a legal tie between partners. And that makes it especially precarious for women to engage in.

And sometimes we see this notion of stay at home girlfriends where there isn't even sort of a legal tie between partners. And that makes it especially precarious for women to engage in.

So there's the Elon Musk tech bro sort of approach to pronatalism. So Elon Musk has said that low fertility is sort of the biggest single threat human civilization is facing. And he seems to be on a personal mission to populate the earth. And this is about using technology to potentially have the best and brightest children

So there's the Elon Musk tech bro sort of approach to pronatalism. So Elon Musk has said that low fertility is sort of the biggest single threat human civilization is facing. And he seems to be on a personal mission to populate the earth. And this is about using technology to potentially have the best and brightest children