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Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes
Random House, Inc.
February 2011
On Sale: February 8, 2011
352 pages
ISBN: 0385343949
EAN: 9780385343947
Hardcover
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Are you happy in your marriage—except for those weekly spats
over who empties the dishwasher more often? Not a single
complaint—unless you count the fact that you haven’t had sex
since the Bush administration? Prepared to be there in
sickness and in health—so long as it doesn’t mean
compromising? Be honest: Ever lay awake thinking how much
more fun married life used to be?
If you’re a member of the human race, then the answer is
probably “yes” to all of the above. Marriage is a
mysterious, often irrational business. Making it work till
death do you part—or just till the end of the week—isn’t
always easy. And no one ever handed you a user’s manual. Until now. With Spousonomics, Paula Szuchman and Jenny
Anderson offer something new: a clear-eyed, rational route
to demystifying your disagreements and improving your
relationship. The key, they propose, is to think like an
economist. That’s right: an economist. Economics is the study of resource allocation, after all.
How do we—as partners in a society, a business, or a
marriage—spend our limited time, money, and energy? And how
do we allocate these resources most efficiently?
Spousonomics answers these questions by taking classic
economic concepts and applying them to the domestic front.
For example:
• Arguing all night isn’t a sign of a communication
breakdown; you’re just extremely loss-averse—and by refusing
to give an inch, you’re risking even greater losses.
• Stay late at the office, or come home for dinner? Be
honest about your mother-in-law, or keep your mouth shut and
smile? Let the cost-benefit analysis make the call.
• Getting your spouse to clean the gutters isn’t a matter of
nagging or guilt-tripping; it’s a question of finding the
right incentives.
• Being “too busy” to exercise or forgetting your
anniversary (again): your overtaxed memory and hectic
schedule aren’t to blame—moral hazard is.
• And when it comes to having more sex: merely a question of
supply and demand!
Spousonomics cuts through the noise of emotions, egos, and
tired relationship clichés. Here, at last, is a smart,
funny, refreshingly realistic, and deeply researched book
that brings us one giant leap closer to solving the age-old
riddle of a happy, healthy marriage.
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