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*[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-population-idUSKCN0T113A20151112 Japan targets boosting birth rate to increase growth]</ref> ''Reuters'' reported in 2015, "Japan plans to include steps to raise the birth rate, such as easier access to childcare and tax incentives, in a package of reforms due this month to tackle the biggest bottleneck to economic growth."<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-population-idUSKCN0T113A20151112 Japan targets boosting birth rate to increase growth]</ref>

*[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-population-idUSKCN0T113A20151112 Japan targets boosting birth rate to increase growth]</ref> ''Reuters'' reported in 2015, "Japan plans to include steps to raise the birth rate, such as easier access to childcare and tax incentives, in a package of reforms due this month to tackle the biggest bottleneck to economic growth."<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-population-idUSKCN0T113A20151112 Japan targets boosting birth rate to increase growth]</ref>

The regions of [[secular Europe]] which are performing better than the rest of Europe often have a cultural legacy of the Protestant work ethic. For example, a 2011 ''Telegraph'' article noted: "Either way, not a single Protestant or Germanic EU country has so far needed a bailout."<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100116846/yet-another-catholic-country-needs-a-bailout-from-the-protestant-north/ Another Catholic country needs a bailout]</ref> The Protestant [[Reformation]] started in Germany and Germany has one of the strongest economies of Europe.  

The regions of [[secular Europe]] which are performing better than the rest of Europe often have a cultural legacy of the [[Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism|Protestant work ethic]]. For example, a 2011 ''Telegraph'' article noted: "Either way, not a single Protestant or Germanic EU country has so far needed a bailout."<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100116846/yet-another-catholic-country-needs-a-bailout-from-the-protestant-north/ Another Catholic country needs a bailout]</ref> The Protestant [[Reformation]] started in Germany and Germany has one of the strongest economies of Europe.  

Due to lower economic productivity, atheistic [[communism]]/[[socialism]] can lead to a country to eventual financial ruin or significant economic problems which is what occurred to the [[Soviet Union]] and is currently happening in [[secular Europe]] via the [[Eurozone]] financial crisis (see: [[Atheism and sloth#Sloth in atheistic communist countries vs. Protestant work ethic|Sloth in atheistic communist countries]] and [[Atheism and sloth#Secular Europe's economic crisis|Sloth and Secular Europe's economic crisis]]).

Due to lower economic productivity, atheistic [[communism]]/[[socialism]] can lead to a country to eventual financial ruin or significant economic problems which is what occurred to the [[Soviet Union]] and is currently happening in [[secular Europe]] via the [[Eurozone]] financial crisis (see: [[Atheism and sloth#Sloth in atheistic communist countries vs. Protestant work ethic|Sloth in atheistic communist countries]] and [[Atheism and sloth#Secular Europe's economic crisis|Sloth and Secular Europe's economic crisis]]).