THE ECONOMY IS THE THIRD ACTOR IN EVERY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN. by

THE ECONOMY IS THE THIRD ACTOR IN EVERY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN.
by Michael Churchill

The problem seems like a sort of “time mismatch.” Men need women when the women are young, and women need men when the women are older. Obviously marriage was a compromise of these two needs. But the urgency of making the compromise in the first place lessens as a society gets richer. The economy is the third actor in every relationship between a man and woman.