In June of 1988 in Sweden it was announced that survivorship benefits, a sort of government provided life insurance paid to a wife whose husband dies, would be discontinued. There was one interes...
https://cheaptalk.org/2013/01/15/job-market-idea-explained-in-a-picture/
She complained that when I practice the piano late at night I play too loud and it wakes her up every time. So I said oh I didn’t realize that, did I wake you up last night. She said yes. �...
A limited time deal on South Africa’s Kulula airlines in celebration of President Jacob Zuma’s recent wedding: Inspired by regular VIP travellers with sizeable spousal entourages, the offer ...
Sandeep wrote one of our most popular posts on this topic. There was a survey that showed some correlation between pre-marital cohabitation and divorce. Sandeep said its probably just a sel...
https://cheaptalk.org/2012/04/16/living-together-before-marriage-leads-to-divorce/
In most of the US there is “no-fault” divorce. Either party can petition for divorce without having to demonstrate to the court any reason to legitimize the petition. The divorce is usually...
https://cheaptalk.org/2012/04/13/perverse-incentives-in-british-divorce-law/
Consider a Man and a Woman. Time flows continuously and the horizon is infinite. At time they are locked in an embrace, and every instant of time their lips draw closer. Let be the distance at ti...
Among the males in my family tree, underwear preference alternates generations: briefs then boxers then briefs… Smoking guns for this theory. Italians who pronounce the hard b in the word �...
https://cheaptalk.org/2011/06/19/thoughts-left-lying-around-9/
The MILQs at Spousonomics riff on the subject of “learned incompetence.” It’s the strategic response to comparative advantage in the household: if I am supposed to specialize in my compar...
The MILLTs at Spousonomics are calling on spouses to look for Pareto improvements in our marital transactions. Paula offers this list for her husband on Valentine’s day. 1. Help with garbage ...
https://cheaptalk.org/2011/02/03/pareto-efficiency-in-marriage/
There is a new blog, Spousonomics, written by two MILRs, Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson. The topics are near and dear to the Cheap Talk heart: “Using economics to master love, marriage, an...