Monday, August 31, 2009

The Economics of Marriage...

There is a great post over at Marketplace.org today. Betsy Stevenson (and Economist at Wharton and also the wife of Freakonomics blog contributor Justin Wolfers) gave her take on the economics of choosing a mate.

Here is the link: http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/27/pm-stevenson/

While it is not romantic, there is certainly some truth in Ms. Stevenson's approach to the topic, although she may be skipping over the emotional needs a bit...

The comments below the article are worth a read as well...