Interpreting Ferguson's comment as economist-like observation that insufficient widgets (children) means future regret is more generous than interpreting it as a political comment on whether women should be allowed to have abortions

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Bethany McLean

Evidence Quote

I guess I saw him as being purely an economist even though he's not about about the issue and basically saying hey if you don't have enough widgets you're going to regret not keeping all the widgets you you could have had and so I saw it in a very um datadriven way

Source

The Fertility Crisis: Capitalism's Next Challenge, with Sir Niall FergusonStigler Center
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:18:48 AM

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