In a healthy society, divorce should be difficult, expensive, and rare. Social incentives should be structured to make it less appealing than working on the mar

In a healthy society, divorce should be difficult, expensive, and rare. Social incentives should be structured to make it less appealing than working on the marriage. Conversely, marriage and children within marriage should be incentivized by law and social programs. It may such policies are unworkable in our present configuration.