I don't think it will make any difference at all to the fertility rate. Whenever we test this we find cultural/societal change is by far the biggest driver of why people aren't having kids - even hou… (View Post)

It's impossible to prove either way because there are no scientific experiments in economics; too many other factors. Quoting that 2.2% figure is meaningless unless you can prove it wouldn't have bee… (View Post)

Yep - my partner, a GP, is on 4 days a week and that's without kids and a big mortgage to pay off. I'll probably do the same at some point. (View Post)

I think there is a bigger problem lower down in the payscale. From my anecdotal experience the people dropping to 4 day weeks are typically people on £50k - £80k who are paired up, have a mortgage, a… (View Post)

I have the M2 and it's brilliant. If you're just looking for a great laptop for posting on PB and some light data analysis I'm not sure the marginal gain from the M4 is worth the extra cost tbh. (View Post)