Review: Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love

Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love by Marina Adshade
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

"June 26, 2017 –
90.0% "Special Thanks to Blinklist"
June 26, 2017 –
60.0% ""The world of love and sex isn’t merely a matter of oceanic desires and emotions. Our choices and their consequences actually make a whole lot of sense when we look at things from an economic standpoint. In fact, the logic of economics explains the otherwise mystifying world of dating, marriage and divorce.""
June 26, 2017 –
60.0% ""Each person wears similar clothes and drives similar cars. Now imagine one family begins to earn much more money. They build a fancy new house and start buying expensive new clothes and cars.""
June 26, 2017 –
60.0% ""It’s not that people with an advanced degree are better able to find a perfect match; it’s that people with a better education usually make more money.Financial instability tends to lead to stress, which is a well-known marriage-killer.Picture a small neighborhood where each family’s house looks the same.""
June 26, 2017 –
60.0% ""Most of us probably think that love is the glue that keeps most marriages together. But money and education play big roles as well.According to a recent study conducted by economics professors Philip Oreopoulos and Kjell Salvanes, those with a postgraduate degree only have a 3-percent chance of getting divorced, while those with a high school diploma have a 16-percent chance.""
June 26, 2017 –
50.0% ""Well, yes and no. When you reduce the number of poor men and uneducated women, polygamous partnerships start to make less sense.""
June 26, 2017 –
50.0% ""The advent of a new wife might impose a psychological cost on the rich man’s first wife, too, but, since each wife is economically better off than before, it’s worth it. And if the rich husband is happy, everyone wins, right?""
June 26, 2017 –
50.0% ""From an economic standpoint, it makes good sense that a woman would prefer becoming the second or third wife of a wealthy man than the first and only wife of a poor man. While being an additional wife might come at a “cost,” that cost is nonetheless outweighed by the benefits.""
June 26, 2017 –
50.0%
June 26, 2017 –
30.0% "And that's how they see it!

"can clearly see the laws of supply and demand in action.""
June 26, 2017 –
30.0% "Not really my notes, but still I agree with what the writer has said."
June 26, 2017 – Started Reading"

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