I Don't Feel Greedy, but I'm Not Going to Work All Week End, Right?

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"I think work itself is greedy, and that it's our responsibility to say, enough already," she says. "For me, i don't feel like greedy work is something that i want to engage in." She adds: 'It's very hard for a couple with children to both have greedy work'

One way to help close the gender earnings gap? Deliberate redundancy at work, according to economic historian Claudia Goldin. Claudia expands on this idea and shares other insights about the U.S. female labor force. Emily and the Amys reflect on the career-family decisions they’ve made (or plan to make) and imagine what it would be like to have a colleague who could fill in for them whenever they needed time off.