The question that is so clearly in many potential parents' minds: Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish our lives in order to be insulted and looked down upon in our old age?
Source: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, ch. 14, 1942.
-- Joseph A Schumpeter, (Feb 8 1883-1950), Moravian-US economist, sociologist; He was well known for his theories of capitalist development and business cycles.