Money Magazine Article: How to get your spouse to stop overspending

I still am getting the paper version of Money Magazine for free (see previous post).

Click here for the online version at cnnmoney.com.

The author, Tyler Cowen's thought is that it is a control issue, so talking about it make your spouse less in control and will make things worse.

For us, it's the same couple of things.  Trying to make sure what we buy is more of a "need" than a "want."  Also, per my wife, she feels that her items are "small but add up" and my items are "few and far between, but much more expensive."