The book deals with psychological and sociological aspects of marriage and family, exploring the dynamics of relationships within these institutions.
The authors analyze the different stages of married life, the challenges that couples face, and the impact of these challenges on the wider family structure.
In the book, economist Jeffrey Sachs presents an optimistic plan for eliminating extreme poverty by 2025. He argues that this is feasible with political will, because world wealth is growing, and poverty is not fate, but the result of inefficient systems.
In the book Healthy Society, Fromm tried to show that life in a democracy of the XX. century represents another type of escape from freedom. The analysis of this very escape, in which alienation is the central concept, forms a large part of this book.