Reddit mentions of The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents Are (Still) Going Broke

When I click your provided link; I get an expensive book.

But searching for Amazon on the same title, I came across this much less expensive version.

"The people who consistently rank in the worst financial trouble are united by one surprising characteristic. They are parents with children at home. Having a child is now the single best predictor that a woman will end up in financial collapse.

"Consider a few facts. Our study showed that married couples with children are more than twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as their childless counterparts. A divorced woman raising a youngster is nearly three times more likely to file for bankruptcy than her single friend who never had children. "


--The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke by Elisabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi