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A review by blairconrad
It's Not You, It's the Dishes (originally published as Spousonomics): How to Minimize Conflict and Maximize Happiness in Your Relationship by Paula Szuchman, Jenny Anderson
5.0
Very entertaining and possibly useful discussion of how certain economic principles can be applied to help maintain, improve, or maybe even save a marriage.
Mostly covers how couples can deal with "small, ordinary problems" as some other reviewers have noted - how to divide up household chores, schedule sex, and manage competing schedules. So, if you're looking for help with a cheating spouse, a looming foreclosure, or the inability to conceive or something, go elsewhere.
Still, what is here is really interesting and fun to read. Discusses (among other things):
* how comparative advantage can help you assign chores,
* how to use incentives to get your spouse to do what you want (for your mutual benefit, of course)
* how game theory applies to your marriage
Of course not every example will apply to every couple, and the case studies seem to involve an awful lot of young professionals, I think there's something here for nearly anyone who's married and wants to stay that way.
Oh, yeah. It's funny too. The authors go to the trouble of choosing amusing (and often surprising) examples and situations, to ensure that the reader's interest is not lost.
Mostly covers how couples can deal with "small, ordinary problems" as some other reviewers have noted - how to divide up household chores, schedule sex, and manage competing schedules. So, if you're looking for help with a cheating spouse, a looming foreclosure, or the inability to conceive or something, go elsewhere.
Still, what is here is really interesting and fun to read. Discusses (among other things):
* how comparative advantage can help you assign chores,
* how to use incentives to get your spouse to do what you want (for your mutual benefit, of course)
* how game theory applies to your marriage
Of course not every example will apply to every couple, and the case studies seem to involve an awful lot of young professionals, I think there's something here for nearly anyone who's married and wants to stay that way.
Oh, yeah. It's funny too. The authors go to the trouble of choosing amusing (and often surprising) examples and situations, to ensure that the reader's interest is not lost.