The Case for Marriage Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better off Financially

brad wilcox from the institute of family studies has got a book coming out i think on valentine's day it's like the case for marriage um and i think that that'll be a lovely one too with what you've done as well i actually i think our books are very complimentary because my book is all it's really all data driven and it's really focusing on what's what's the cause of the decline in marriage in terms of what role has economics played what's the impact for kids and what are the impacts for you know i show very clearly that this has exacerbated inequality it's impeded social mobility brad's book is really complimentary in the sense that it draws on a lot more of this research that's saying hey for you as an individual like she's talking about these societal problems for you as an individual you're actually most likely to achieve high levels of well-being and happiness if you're married um and so they are complementary in that in that sense