M&D Deep Duck Where are all the children?

[Mark Kohut]

They seldom are...they are the 99%....but their needs, fulfilled by
overworked parents, grew the economy steadily, spiraled the economy
upward and
money into the Top.

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> a valid point  but the large families may not have been the ones cashing in on economic growth.
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> On Jan 22, 2015, at 6:30 AM, alice malice wrote:
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>> Wade warns Wicks against Juvenile Rampage. We begin with the children,
>> the Twins and their Sister, coming in from the snowball fight, the
>> snowballs have flown and starred the outbuildings, their carefree
>> assault upon the kitchen, then ensconced, busied with quiet knitting
>> and sweets, they aim their Juvenile snowballs at their uncle, she with
>> her flouting flirtations, the boys with clever jibes, a cup of brew to
>> agitate. We learn that friends of the children often gather here to
>> hear Uncle, but none are present.
>>
>> Where is the great brood?
>>
>> In 1786 the average family would have 7 or 8 children.
>>
>> We've touched on the economy. The triangle was noted, but what drove
>> the economy's enormous growth was population explosion.
>>
>> Pynchon's family here seems more like the Simpsons than one we would
>> find in Philadelphia in 1786.
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