NATIONAL BESTSELLER You're not imagining it: Women aren't getting a good deal at home or at
work. We have the evidence to prove it. This book gives you the power to change it. For women
in America today the promise of "having it all" is an ever-elusive carrot. Faced with
unsustainable demands in every sphere we are certainly doing it all-but at a steep cost.
Research shows that biologically culturally and economically we are on uneven playing ground
and one that drains us of our happiness. But that same data can empower us to make choices that
will reclaim our time our energy-and even our joy. In Having It All Wharton professor and
economist Dr. Corinne Low unpacks the hidden factors that influence women's decision-making
and how the unintended consequences of these choices alter the course of our lives. From when
and whether to get married and (or) have children to what type of career to pursue whether to
obtain an advanced degree to where to live-Dr. Low explores questions such as: ¿ What if there
is no optimal time to "have a family" but rather a slew of different considerations at
different life stages? ¿ What if we approached decisions around marriage and partnership as
rigorously as we would an employment opportunity? ¿ What if we valued our time in dollars and
cents and structured our lives around choices that give us the greatest return on our
investments? For too long women have been expected to accept labor-intensive solutions to
systemic problems-optimize lean in work harder. But Dr. Low isn't suggesting women need to do
more. In the tradition of bestselling books like Eve Rodsky's Fair Play and Emily Oster's
Cribsheet Having It All blends personal experience research and analysis to illuminate the
complex decisions women face and offers an evidence-based framework for creating a better
happier life. Consider it the essential economics textbook for life as a woman-but hopefully a
little more fun.
