I’ve already tipped up this article via our twitter feed but I want to take another opportunity to recommend it. It’s a piece called The Economics of Social Status and it’s simply one of the best things I’ve ever read on signalling, game-playing and status. Whether you’re wondering what’s really going on when you lock eyes [...]

1. Why does love lose its intensity with time? Or does it? 2. An economist considers the “marriage premium”. Not as dry as it sounds. 3. Gender roles, male insecurity and handymen. 4. Does marriage lead to specialisation? 5. Guys who do housework get less sex. I’ll apologise now to our female readers.

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