This Economist Knows How YOU Can Have It All ... Almost
Data driven tools to improve your life
Earlier this summer friend after friend started forwarding me a viral article from The Cut, “This Economist Crunched the Numbers and Stopped Dating Men. And she’s never been happier.” My terrible dating life notwithstanding, I looked at the cover image and said, Wait - I know this lady! I even went to her wedding because our now-ex-husbands were friends! (more on that later)
Dr. Corinne Low uses hard data to examine some of the biggest questions affecting women today: how do we balance career, caregiving, and happiness in a world that still doesn’t add up? She’s also the author of the new book Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours (find it on Bookshop or Amazon.) If you’ve ever felt like you’re working two full-time jobs, one at the office, another at home, you’re not imagining it. Corinne’s research shows that even when women become the primary breadwinners, they still do twice as much cooking and cleaning as their male partners. An ec…