Babies as economic indicators?

At the economic summit last week, there was plenty of chat about population growth, in-migration, out-migration and other demographic stuff.

In some northcentral Montana counties, economist Larry Swanson http://www.crmw.org explained, population loss is simply a matter of deaths exceeding births.

While it may seem odd to view the beginning and end of our human experience as economic indicators, Swanson is not alone in the pursuit.

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