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Having Kids Makes No Economic Sense—So I Did It Anyway
If you’re looking for a rational, financial reason to have kids, you won’t find one here. I’ve looked. I teach strategy and economics. I live in a world obsessed with optimization. And by all those measures, having children is just… a cost.
But I did it anyway. Twice.
This episode is about the truth no one wants to say out loud: there’s no economic model that justifies raising kids. It’s time-consuming, expensive, and pulls you away from work you love. And yet, somehow, it’s also the most meaningful decision I’ve ever made.
I talk about the tension between ambition and family, love and logic…
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