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Australia’s baby drought underscores challenges facing young workers (www.theage.com.au)

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[–] FippleStone@aussie.zone 7 points 3 years ago

Real wage growth has been stagnant since the late 70's, while productivity and corporate profits have skyrocketed. If we deal with that I think people might be more inclined to have kids.