The Reading Crisis No One Talks About (And How to Fix It)

22 Aug 2025 · 12 min
11:47

TJ Walker documents a 40% drop in daily leisure reading since 2004, with the steepest declines among disadvantaged groups. He points to Denmark's proposal to cut book taxes as one fix, and argues parents need to model reading habits to reverse the trend.

Questions this video answers

About 40 percent.

28 percent (in 2004).

16 percent (in 2023).

25 percent VAT on books.

Jakob Engel Schmidt (Culture Minister).

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