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	Podcast:		Freakonomics Radio
	Episode:		The Fracking Boom, a Baby Boom, and the Retreat From Marriage
	Category:		Society & Culture
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	Publish Date:		2017-07-05 22:00:00
	Description:		Over 40 percent of U.S. births are to unmarried mothers, and the numbers are especially high among the less-educated. Why? One argument is that the decline in good manufacturing jobs led to a decline in "marriageable" men. Surely the fracking boom reversed that trend, right?
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