Species-Propagation, Economy, Selfishness

The influence of the propagation of the human species on the market is undeniable, considerable, and, perhaps, incalculable. On the one hand, there are the transactions pertaining to reproductive activity--care of the reproductive organs, the attraction of a partner, etc. On the other, there are the transactions pertaining to child-raising--not only food, shelter, clothing, medical, education, etc., but those devoted to financing such expenditures, e. g. finding an adequately paying job, securing a mortgage, etc. Now, one significant challenge to any variety of Egoism, whether descriptive or normative, is to account for such transactions on its own premises. Falling that, in any respect, leaves the concept of an Economy based on the principle of Self-Interest, Selfishness, etc., woefully inadequate to actuality, if not entirely fictitious.