This is an engaging, detailed, balanced, and provocative book that anyone interested in understanding divorce should read. Alan Parkman shows why the humane intentions behind no-fault divorce failed. Good Intentions Gone Awry applies the perspective of an economist to the issue of divorce. Parkman argues that current divorce laws create incentives that induce adults to make decisions that are against ... Read moretheir own best interest as well as those of their family.
Steve Nock, University of Virginia This is a really excellent book. It is a testament to the power of economic reasoning. It documents the negative consequences of the modern 'no-fault' divorce revolution, and explains clearly and simply why these outcomes are just what economic theory would predict. The author makes a strong case for reforming the existing law and making divorce conditional on the mutual consent of both husband and wife. This book should be required reading for academics, judges, and law-makers in both North America and elsewhere.
Robert Rowthorn, Cambridge University An intelligent, lucid, and up-to-date review and analysis of divorce law in America, with some proposed changes in the law that deserve serious consideration.
David Popenoe, Rutgers University, author of Life Without Father Show Less