Using rational economics to simplify the search for romance

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What can online matchmaking sites teach us about the marketplace?

What can online matchmaking sites teach us about the marketplace? When an economist turned to the Internet to find a date, he found that searching for a life partner isn’t much different from other kinds of shopping. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

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