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It's not just that the ideal is the wrong thing to measure for this. It's also that total fertility rate is the wrong thing to compare it to.
Child poverty is a big problem for children and their families, but a for a rich country to solve.* Last year, child poverty in the United States was a $62 billion problem. Is that a lot? No, it’s not. Below, I show we can pay for it just taxing families who are more than $43,000 over…
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If you're a teacher, or a journalist, or a concerned citizen, or someone who knows one of those people, and you want to know, or explain, what demographers mean when they refer to "fertility," this tiny guide is for you.
It's birth rates, women's labor force participation, education levels, and average incomes.
Many people do not realize the nature of what is at stake in the war on science -- starting with the failure to recognize that it is a war on science.
