{"id":395,"date":"2024-08-01T08:21:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T08:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lighteningweightloss.com\/relationships\/?p=395"},"modified":"2024-08-01T08:21:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T08:21:33","slug":"is-marriage-dying-richard-reeves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighteningweightloss.com\/relationships\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Is marriage dying? | Richard Reeves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ALZQu9x96Jg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Why marriage is thriving \u2014 and dying \u2014 in different American classes, with journalist and scholar Richard Reeves.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\nUp next, Male inequality, explained by an expert \u25ba https:\/\/youtu.be\/DBG1Wgg32Ok <\/p>\n<p>Marriage in the U.S. has fundamentally transformed over the past century. In general, women have far greater legal and economic power in marriages than they did just decades ago, and while it was once difficult for women to file for divorce, today women do so at twice the rate of men. What\u2019s more, gay marriage has been legal in all 50 states since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Still, other aspects of marriage in the U.S. have remained remarkably unchanged. As journalist and Brookings Institution scholar Richard Reeves points out, a college-educated woman today is about just as likely to get married as her mother was \u2014 and even a bit more likely to stay married.<\/p>\n<p>But the same is not true for Americans on the lower end of the socioeconomic scale. As Reeves notes in this Big Think video, it\u2019s important for all humans to have strong and meaningful relationships, whether within the context of marriage or not. The question is how to best ensure that the most people can build those relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Read the video transcript \u25ba https:\/\/bigthink.com\/series\/great-question\/is-marriage-dying<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- <\/p>\n<p>About Richard Reeves:<br \/>\nRichard V. Reeves is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he directs the Future of the Middle Class Initiative and co-directs the Center on Children and Families. His Brookings research focuses on the middle class, inequality and social mobility.<\/p>\n<p>Richard writes for a wide range of publications, including the New York Times, Guardian, National Affairs, The Atlantic, Democracy Journal, and Wall Street Journal. He is the author of Dream Hoarders (Brookings Institution Press, 2017), and John Stuart Mill \u2013 Victorian Firebrand (Atlantic Books, 2007), an intellectual biography of the British liberal philosopher and politician.<\/p>\n<p>Dream Hoarders was named a Book of the Year by The Economist, a Political Book of the Year by The Observer, and was shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. In September 2017, Politico magazine named Richard one of the top 50 thinkers in the U.S. for his work on class and inequality.<\/p>\n<p>A Brit-American, Richard was director of strategy to the UK\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2012. Other previous roles include director of Demos, the London-based political think-tank; social affairs editor of the Observer; principal policy advisor to the Minister for Welfare Reform, and research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research. Richard is also a former European Business Speaker of the Year and has a BA from Oxford University and a PhD from Warwick University.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- <\/p>\n<p>Read more of our stories on relationships:<br \/>\nMarried people earn more than single individuals. Here\u2019s why.<br \/>\n\u25ba https:\/\/bigthink.com\/smart-skills\/married-wage-gap\/<br \/>\nWhy more couples are choosing to live apart<br \/>\n\u25ba https:\/\/bigthink.com\/neuropsych\/couples-living-apart\/<br \/>\nWhat decades of research tells us about living the good life<br \/>\n\u25ba https:\/\/bigthink.com\/health\/the-good-life-book\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- <\/p>\n<p>About Big Think | Smarter Faster\u2122<br \/>\n\u25ba Big Think<br \/>\nThe leading source of expert-driven, educational content. With thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, Big Think helps you get smarter, faster by exploring the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century.<br \/>\n\u25ba Big Think+<br \/>\nMake your business smarter, faster: https:\/\/bigthink.com\/plus\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- <\/p>\n<p>Want more Big Think?<br \/>\n\u25ba Daily editorial features: https:\/\/bigthink.com\/<br \/>\n\u25ba Get the best of Big Think right to your inbox: https:\/\/bigthink.com\/subscribe\/<br \/>\n\u25ba Facebook: https:\/\/bigth.ink\/facebook<br \/>\n\u25ba Instagram: https:\/\/bigth.ink\/Instagram<br \/>\n\u25ba Twitter: https:\/\/bigth.ink\/twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why marriage is thriving \u2014 and dying \u2014 in different American classes, with journalist and scholar Richard Reeves. 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