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The Fertility Crisis and American Hope
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The Fertility Crisis and American Hope

Are we having less babies because we feel less good about the future?

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Ted Bauer
Oct 18, 2024
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First off, I put “fertility crisis” in quotes above because while it’s true that the birth rate (“live births per woman”) is declining, you could also argue that’s a good thing in some ways. We have a lot of people in the world. In America, hell, I mean strip malls feel crowded all the time. Is this a panic? Sure. A moral panic? Maybe not yet. But it do…

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