Tag: marriage
What can go wrong? Being in a couple complicates your decision-making. From an economist’s perspective, one advantage of marriage is the financial benefits. Marriage allows risk sharing between partners (e.g., one partner can work more if the other loses their job) and allows couples to take advantage of returns to scale (i.e., it’s cheaper to…
The Trump Administration’s flouting of the U.S. Constitution brings to mind Benjamin Franklin’s often quoted statement that “[o]ur new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Taxes also may not be as certain as Franklin had…
