{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Lyman Stone on Demographic and Marriage Decline","description":" Sign up for David's Substack: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus  Lyman Stone is a demographer and the director of the Pronatalism Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies. In Lyman\u2019s first appearance on the show, he discusses demographic and marriage decline, the fallacy in the thinking of degrowthers, the benefits of pronatalist policy, and much more. Check out the  transcript for this week\u2019s episode, now with links. Recorded on February 13th, 2025 Follow David Beckworth on X:&amp;nbsp;@DavidBeckworth Follow Lyman Stone on X: @LymanStoneKY Follow the show on X:&amp;nbsp;@Macro_Musings Check out our new AI chatbot: the Macro Musebot! Join the new Macro Musings&amp;nbsp;Discord server! Join the Macro Musings&amp;nbsp;mailing list! Check out our Macro Musings&amp;nbsp;merch! Subscribe to David's new BTS YouTube Channel&amp;nbsp; Timestamps: (00:00:00) \u2013 Intro (00:02:04) \u2013 Lyman Stone\u2019s Career Path (00:04:54) \u2013 Demography as a Discipline (00:10:41) \u2013 Demographic Decline (00:15:28) \u2013 Decline of Marriage (00:32:24) \u2013 Degrowthers (00:43:15) \u2013 Possible Policy Solutions (00:54:50) \u2013 Outro  &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Macro Musings with David Beckworth","author_url":"http:\/\/macromarketmusings.blogspot.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35828130\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/186134970"}