She really wrote this, hard news ed.
In a homepage teaser for this New York Times article on a possible uptick in vasectomies, we find this:
Anecdotal evidence supports the intuition that more people might hesitate to expand their families during a downturn.
Vague memories of reading Slate magazine support the premonition that Jack (“Bogus Trend Watch”) Shafer is going to perform a vasectomy on this article.
For every uptick there’s a downtown. That’s been my experience, anyway.
— Alan Jacobs · Apr 10, 09:25 PM · #
Of course prudent people will make decisions about having children based in part on their economic prospects.
— Steve Sailer · Apr 10, 10:58 PM · #