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Are you happy in your marriage-except for those regular spats over who empties the dishwasher more often? Not a sole complaint-unless you count the fact that you have not had sex since the Bush administration? Prepared to be there in sickness and in health-so long as it generally does not mean compromising? Be honest: Ever place awake thinking how much more fun marriage used to be? If you're an associate of the human race, then your answer is probably "yes" to all or any of the above mentioned. Relationship is a strange, often irrational business. Making it work till fatality would 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, logical route to demystifying your disagreements and bettering your relationship. The key, they propose, is to think like an economist. That is right: an economist. Economics is the study of source allocation, after all. How do we-as lovers in a modern culture, a business, or a marriage-spend our limited time, money, and energy? And just how do we allocate these resources most proficiently? Spousonomics answers these questions by firmly taking classic economic ideas and applying them to the domestic entrance. For instance:
- Arguing all night isn't a sign of the communication break down; you're just extremely loss-averse-and by refusing to provide an in ., you're risking sustained losses.
- Stay late in the office, or come home for dinner? Be honest about your mother-in-law, or keep your mouth shut and giggle? Let the cost-benefit analysis make the decision.
- Getting your spouse to clean the gutters isn't a subject of nagging or guilt-tripping; from the question of finding the right incentives.
- Being "too busy" to exercise or forgetting your anniversary (again): your overtaxed ram and hectic schedule aren't to blame-moral risk is.
- And as it pertains to having more gender: only a question of resource and demand!
