The State Can and Must Help Marriage

Macro-economists Philip Pilkington and Andrew Collingwood show us the evidence that lifelong marriage is the key to a wide range of societal benefits essential to the nation — legislators must act.

The data is in, the evidence is overwhelming, and the conclusion irrefutable. Favoring lifelong marriage should no longer be considered a conservative policy preference, but a technocratic one – as obvious a part of good governance and optimal public policy as a preference for a sound budget, a high quality education system or clean streets. Yet recent data shows that after each passing generation less and less people are getting married.