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Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids is a 2011 book by George Mason University economics professor Bryan Caplan arguing that people often work too hard in child-rearing, and as a result, they are scared off the idea of having kids. Caplan's book urged parents to relax with respect to child-rearing. He also argued that as the perceived costs (in terms of child-rearing expense and effort) of having kids fell, it made sense to have more kids based on the basic theory of supply and demand.

Popular press: book reviews
Jonathan Last, author of What to Expect When No One's Expecting and editor at The Weekly Standard, reviewed Caplan's book for the Wall Street Journal. The book was also reviewed by The Guardian, RealClearMarkets and the Washington Times.

Popular press and media: interviews and debates
The book was reviewed in many mainstream press outlets. Caplan wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal around the date of the release of the book making his case succinctly. Will Wilkinson and Laura Carroll wrote separate reviews in response, also in the Wall Street Journal. Caplan responded to both on his own blog, framing their critiques in terms of different demand curves for the demand for kids. Caplan, Wilkinson, and Carroll also participated in a live chat for the WSJ.

Caplan debated "Tiger Mom" Amy Chua in The Guardian in June 2011 regarding the merits of different parenting styles. The debate pit the approach and arguments put forward by Caplan in his book against the approach and arguments put forward by Amy Chua in her book The Tiger Mom.

Caplan was interviewed about his book by the New York Times Economix blog as well as by the Freakonomics blog. He has also guest blogged for Freakonomics. Caplan's book and Freakonomics guest posts were also picked up by the New York Times parenting blog.

Caplan appeared on Fox and Friends where he was interviewed by Gretchen Carlson about his advice on child-rearing and his book Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids.

Caplan's book was also featured in a story on National Public Radio.

Caplan was also the lead speaker at a Cato Institute event dedicated to the book. Others speaking at the event included Charles Murray and Adam Schaeffer.

Blogs and small publications
The book received a mixed but overall favorable review from Steve Sailer on VDARE. Caplan responded to Sailer's review, pointing out key ideological differences.

Indiana University sociologist Fabio Rojas reviewed the book on his blog, orgtheory.net. Caplan responded on his own blog.

The book was also reviewed on LessWrong, the Good Men Project, and Homeschool Menagerie. Evolutionary economist Jason Collins reviewed the book on his blog.