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Will the Market Kill Your Marriage? Recession and divorce, it is said, go together like carriage and horse. Those who labor in Splitsville have several explanations for why that might be.  “Recessions tend to raise divorce rates,” says economist Gary Becker. “But you won’t see a pandemic.” Census Bureau figures show that over the past 2 1/2 decades, recessions have had only minor effects on divorce rates, which have been slowly waning since the early ’80s after 20 years of steadily rising.  (click through picture for full Times article)

Will the Market Kill Your Marriage?

  • Recession and divorce, it is said, go together like carriage and horse. Those who labor in Splitsville have several explanations for why that might be. 
  • “Recessions tend to raise divorce rates,” says economist Gary Becker. “But you won’t see a pandemic.” Census Bureau figures show that over the past 2 1/2 decades, recessions have had only minor effects on divorce rates, which have been slowly waning since the early ’80s after 20 years of steadily rising. 
  • (click through picture for full Times article)