Call it what you will, recession, depression, regression. I think the media has decided to agree that it's a recession, so that means 99.99 percent of America considers it that too. I'm one of the 99.99 percent for now. The good question now is- Will there be a new Baby Boom?!

When I was in high school I remember learning how the depression ushered in the Baby Boom. After looking at two charts on Wikipedia showing the year/population, I can see why. The dates definitely seem to have some correspondence. My teacher suggested an unusually higher number of people were at home and that lead to lots of time for order babies from the stork farms. That makes sense. Unemployment = Babies.

Charts: Baby Boom (1934 to Present) | Great Depression Timeline
If you look at the baby boom chart, you'll see that there may be correspondence to population around the 70's recession too.

Now there's a new recession going on and unemployment is on the rise. People are probably ordering babies by the dozens. I'll take a carton myself, maybe even some double yolked ones. What do you think? Are you ordering babies? Do you think this recession will have an effect on the amount of pregnancy? - Just think, this is a Global recession. That's a lot of eggs to hatch- Good thing storks have long legs and big wings ;)

It does look like this recession will bring babies and babies = happiness. So that means Recession != does not = depression. Recession does even follow depression, so even in depression, there is recession, then resuscitation to look forward to! Or, suscitation(?) since it's NEW life, not life being revitalized. Although when not considering babies and just considering the economy, it would be REsuscitation.