The Free Market of Marriage
Ave Maria in the Afternoon Segments · Marcus B. Peter, Th.D. and Clara Piano
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Show Notes
Western novels, songs, and films make many assumptions about love and marriage. Yet one underlying expectation continues to shock the non-Western world: dispositive spousal consent, or the belief that a marriage is valid because two individuals freely choose one another, rather than because their families or political authorities approve the match. We talk more about this “free market” of marriage with Clara Piano.
Further Reading
Marriage: The Free Market We Take for Granted
Guest Info
Clara E. Piano is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Mississippi, a position which will become tenure-track in Fall 2026. Her primary areas of research are family economics, law and economics, and public choice. She has also been a lecturer of economics at the Catholic University of America and George Mason University.
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