Editor's Picks: The rise of the remote husband

编辑精选:远程丈夫的崛起

Editor's Picks from The Economist

2024-04-11

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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Today, we consider the rise of husbands who work from home. This new trend may be advantageous for working women.  Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.
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  • The Economist. Hello, this is Aura Ogumbi,

  • co-host of The Intelligence, our daily news and current affairs podcast.

  • Welcome to Editor's Picks.

  • You're about to hear an article from the latest edition of The Economist, read aloud.

  • I hope you enjoy it.

  • a city in California's wealthy, beachy Orange County.

  • She is working her way up to becoming a partner in the local office of a major law firm.

  • He is an executive at a tech startup based in the Bay Area, more than 400 miles away.

  • In Cambridge, Massachusetts, he is writing code from their apartment just off campus,

  • while she attends her classes at Harvard Law School.

  • She is an obstetrician.

  • He works remotely for a tech company.

  • She is an academic at an Ivy League university.

  • He works for a crypto company.

  • All over the country, among the well-heeled and well-educated,

  • a new trend appears to be emerging.

  • When the wives head out in the morning to their offices,

  • classrooms or hospitals, they are waving goodbye to their husbands who remain at home.

  • This is hardly a gender-swapped 1950s revival.

  • The men are still working, after all,