Before the pandemic, the US fertility rate was above replacement rate (approximately 2.1), suggesting it's not utopian to hope to return to around 2.2-2.3 fertility.

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Tyler Cowen

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before the pandemic, US was above replacement rate. It doesn't seem so utopian to think we could get back to 2.2, 2.3. [36:22]

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Ezra Klein on the Abundance Agenda | Conversations with TylerMercatus Center
Created: 8/11/2026, 8:01:31 AM

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