A common theory is young men are failing to launch because the well-paid manufacturing jobs that non-elite males had traditionally filled are mostly gone. Nowadays marriages are romantic and financial partnerships, with both partners expected to earn an income. Thus, men are no longer discriminated against by outdated cultural norms of hypergamy, where women are only willing to marry up the social ladder because they’re stuck at home raising kids.
Category: News and Events
Wednesday Links – 20 May 2026
- Trump adds 600 new drugs to TrumpRx.
- Even as 19 states have enacted total or near-total abortion bans, the number of abortions provided in the U.S. each year has risen.
- Regardless of a Supreme Court ruling, “Nothing is going to stop people from accessing abortion pills by mail. The genie is out of the bottle.”
- As college men have become increasingly scarce, college women have maintained stable marriage rates by marrying high-earning non-college men…. [This has] undermined the marriage prospects of non-college women.
Does Giving People Money Solve the Problems of Poverty?
Sending money to those in need increases their consumption and leisure, which is valuable in its own right. But the evidence suggests that giving people more resources won’t solve all the other problems associated with poverty, at least in the developed world.
Source: Maxwell Tabarrok
Long Term Care a Long Way from Home
Long term care is expensive. According to the American Council on Aging, the average cost per day for a shared nursing home room is $327. That works out to be about $10,000 a month for an annual cost of nearly $120,000. Few families can afford that, but consider this: A private nursing home room in Santa Rosa, California is $1,000 a day for a yearly cost of $365,000.