First, The Cato Institute publishes this issue on marriage. Do read, in particular, Stephanie Coontz's lead essay on the history of marriage.
Then comes this reaction essay reframing the history of marriage in economic terms. The authors then try to (briefly) address some of today's hot-button political issues.
For example: Divorce rates are climbing! False. They have, in fact, been falling in the US, and the authors present a logical economic explanation. If you buy this argument, you can also see why in societies that are in earlier stages of economic empowerment, it is reasonable to expect this pattern to repeat.
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Nisha are you there?
@Sanjith
House-hunting is even harder than I anticipated it to be! New post is up, I'm a tad less busy at work now so should be able to keep writing through the move.
Also, I'm working on launching a new blogging project with some friends. Watch for the announcement - we should be using up some publishing electrons shortly.
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