This is the fifth edition of our occasional What We’re Perusing newsletter. This time, we’ll be looking at who is getting married and why, a group of people who’ve returned to bartering for services, and how climate change has become more than an environmental issue.

• • ARTICLE: The class divide | Marriage as a ‘luxury good’ | CNBC
    • Learn about how the patterns and considerations of modern marriage are contributing to rising financial inequality. 
  • ARTICLE: How the Galápagos Adapted to the Pandemic | Outside Online
    • See how the people of the Galápagos survived the financial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic by returning to their tradition of bartering.
  • ARTICLE: Climate change is a racial justice problem | The Washington Post 
    • Read about the factors that insulate some people from the worst of its financial effects and cause others to suffer disproportionately. 

Be well, and budget well,
The Goodbudget Team

P.S. For this series, you can learn more about it, and read all the posts.