Counting Care Work
Apr 08, 2026•1 hr
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Episode description
Many in our society are struggling to provide care for their families or communities. Often they don’t have time to do it and can’t afford to pay for it. The right realizes this and has tried to woo women with a glorified vision of domestic life. Economist Nancy Folbre discusses the early fight for the recognition of unpaid care work as real work, while the economics profession has mainly ignored it, despite its crucial importance for capitalism.
Nancy Folbre, Making Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First UC Press, 2026
Photo by Jill Brand on Unsplash
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