One interesting discussion in the podcast was when Roberts and Hanson ask why, if you take a date out to an expensive dinner to signal your prosperity, you do not just show them a bank statement instead? If they answered this in the podcast, I missed it, which is possible because the discussion seemed to lack path dependence. It seems like it has a simple explanation:
- A bank statement signals wealth, but not your propensity to spend it on your new potential mate.
- A bank statement does not send as much information about future wealth as an expensive meal does, which you must pay off on your next credit card bill.
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I like #1, not as much #2 (though I think the idea has some merit...perhaps that you have good credit? When people worry about the financial security of a potential mate, are they worrying one month down the line or years down the line?). Perhaps simply showing a bank statement signals a lack of modesty, a desirable trait in itself.
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