You surely have days (or at least did when you were single) when you wonder how you will ever find the right life partner. Invariably, you come back to the same old realization: "I need the advice of an economist. An economist would know how to solve my problem!"

No? Not familiar? Well maybe you should give it a try. The dating world is a market and markets are what economists know best. When I recently began dating again and went searching for a new partner online, I saw firsthand that understanding economics can...