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No Way, Baby
Are market forces the ultimate contraceptive?
By: Lauren Sandler
Posted: May 15, 2009 at 12:58 PM
A couple of years ago, I made a choice that the Agriculture Department estimates [2] will cost me about $260,000 over the next 17 years. Any financial planner would tell you that for a journalist working in a declining industry—married to the same—this was not a wise move. I chose to have a baby.
Click here for the full story [3].
Links:
[1] http://www.doublex.com/users/lauren-sandler
[2] http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/ExpendituresonChildrenbyFamilies.htm
[3] http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/hey-big-gender/2009/05/15/no-way-baby
[4] http://www.doublex.com/section/health-science/recession-causing-more-abortions
[5] http://www.doublex.com/section/news-politics/lose-lose-abortion
[6] http://www.doublex.com/section/work/when-men-lose-their-jobs