No NYTimes There Won't Be a Rona Baby Boom (with Maxine Eichner)
Public Intellectual
English - May 04, 2020 11:49 - 45 minutes - 52.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 118 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture feminism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For all of the think pieces about why Millennials aren't having as many children as previous generations -- maybe they are too selfish blah blah blah -- very few ever hit on how very difficult it is to raise a child in America right now, where every resource from decent schooling and child care, must not only be sought out but competed for. Jessa speaks with Maxine Eichner, author of The Free Market Family, about how America started to prioritize the market over the family, and asks an essential question: what is the economy for?
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