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Agree with that but have a question...you'd think logically with children being a major expense that economic downturns != more babies. Is that not the case?

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Making babies is one of the least logic-driven decisions you will make in your life.

> Making babies is one of the least logic-driven decisions you will make in your life.

or at least the process of making babies :)

That is true. It is pointed out prominently in the article that this is a rare instance of a baby boom in an economic downturn.

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