Since the 1950s, divorces and out-of-wedlock births in America have
risen dramatically. This has significantly affected the economic
wellbeing of the country's most vulnerable populations. In Home
Economics: The Consequences of Changing Family Structure, Nick Schulz
argues that serious consideration of the consequences of changing family
structure is sorely missing from conversations about American economic
policy and politics. Apprehending a complete picture of this country's
economic condition will be impossible if poverty, income inequality,
wealth disparities, and unemployment alone are taken into consideration,
claims Schulz. This book will trace how family structure has transformed
over the last half century, ruminate on the causes of those changes,
consider what conclusions can be drawn about the economic consequences
of the changes in family, and offer ideas for how to handle the issue in
the years to come.