The U.S. birth rate hit an all-time low in 2013, dipping to about 1.9 births per woman. Should we be worried? David Lam says he doesn’t see this as “an economic disaster” — after all, Germany is thriving with lower fertility than the U.S. — and besides, an increase in immigration would tend to offset low fertility rates among U.S.-born women.

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