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Selfish reasons to have more kids : why being a great parent is less work and more fun than you think / Bryan Caplan.

by Caplan, Bryan Douglas, 1971-

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Basic Books, c2011.

9780465018673 (hardcover : alk. paper)

046501867X (hardcover : alk. paper)

x, 228 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-216) and index.

You count too: a common-sense guide to happier parenting -- The case against guilt: a parent's guide to behavioral genetics -- Behavioral genetics: can it be true--and what does it mean? -- What about the children? kids today are safer than ever -- Enlightened family planning: how many kids do you want when you're sixty? -- Your kids are good for you--but are they good for the world? -- Selfish guidelines for want-to-be grandparents -- Life-giving science: what it means for you -- Be fruitful and multiply: four chats on kids, parenting, happiness, and self-interest.

Contrarian economist Bryan Caplan takes on family planning and happiness--and turns conventional wisdom on its head.

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