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It’s bad enough nowadays you need a college degree for just about any job you apply for from brain surgeon to custodian, but it appears now the dating pools are now entering the war-zone of educational achievement.
Former economics writer for Fortune, Jon Birger believes this problem is one which needs to be addressed. Using his background in economics and statistics, Birger wrote his new book, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game.
The conclusion of the book according to Birger is the inescapable conclusion: There simply aren’t enough college-educated men to go around.
“For every four college-educated women in my generation, there are three college-educated men. The result? What Birger calls a “musical chairs” of the heart: As the men pair off with partners, unpartnered straight women are left with fewer and fewer options—and millions of them are eventually left with no options at all.”
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Thanks so much for writing about DATE-ONOMICS. As my readers know, I definitely do NOT believe a college degree makes someone a better wife or husband… FYI, I’m a contributor to Fortune Magazine, not Forbes.