Maurizio de Giovanni e Annamaria Parente: i figli, il futuro, la denatalità | Idee in Ascolto

Italy recorded 355,000 births in 2025, with a fertility rate of 1.14 children per woman. How can a great novel tell us what data alone cannot? Annamaria Parente — Director of the Magna Carta Foundation's Demographic Crisis Observatory — talks with Maurizio de Giovanni, author of the series "I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone," about his novel "Figli": a thriller that reflects Italy's demographic crisis, encompassing personal choices, careers, the cost of living, and the lack of long-term policies. In this episode: → Why a detective novel describes the declining birth rate better than many nonfiction books → The "bourgeois problem" and the "popular problem": two sides of the same crisis → Home, career, and motherhood: the system's traps → The role of the elderly as an untapped social resource → Immigration and welfare sustainability → Why modern democracy struggles to think long-term → "No branch is tall enough to do without the root" ⏱️ INDEX 00:00 – Intro 00:15 – Presentation of the book and data on the birth rate in Italy 01:30 – How "Figli" was born and why a detective novel can talk about parenthood 03:25 – The research "For a Demographic Spring" 04:00 – The problem of career and delayed motherhood 07:40 – What can be done? Home, daycare, welfare 1:40 PM – "Children are a legacy left to the world" 📚 The book: "Figli" by Maurizio de Giovanni (Einaudi) 🔔 Subscribe to the channel and activate the bell to never miss the next episodes of Listening to Ideas — the podcast of the Magna Carta Foundation. 🌐 Magna Carta Foundation: fondazionemagnacarta.it 🎙️ Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033mLoK... #MauriziodeGiovanni #AnnamariaParente #DemographicCrisis #Birthrate #BastardiDiPizzofalcone #Children #MagnaCartaFoundation #ListeningToIdeas #ItalianBirthrate #Podcast #Books