Michael Parenti has a very good materialist analysis of the Baby Boom that I can’t find, so I’ll paraphrase it here.

There were three main factors that led to the Baby Boom:

1. During the war, very few consumer goods were being produced, as most factories were turned to manufacturing supplies. Having nothing to purchase allows workers to build a bit of a nest egg.

2. The GI Bill of Rights and the enormous benefits it provided.

3. The US Constitution prevents the State from directly controlling production. What it can do is let everyone know that it’s buying infinite guns and tanks, thus turning the war economy into a semi-permanent jobs program.

I just thought it was all the people coming back from the war finally fucking.

No. Basically, one of the concessions that the US made with capital is that the industrial workers would be shoved upto the middle class. If you are middle class, you tend to wither the ups and downs of life better. So, more people want children and tend to have children.

Your high-school teacher lied, welcome to propoganda baybee. The only real factor missing from your college perspective is the economic: things were really secure and one person’s wages could comfortably cover house, food, and bills for a house of 5. Good luck doing that now.