Economics
Caring for the Holidays
Holidays tend to increase stress and labor for caretakers. Distributing those burdens more broadly might better serve the holiday’s main purpose of strengthening social bonds.
Who Plans to Care? What Teenagers Tell Us about the Future of Care Work
New research examines how young people see themselves fitting into the care economy.
Care Against Violence: Gender Violence, Reproductive Justice, and Social Reproduction
Join us for our first workshop to discuss articles in preparation for the journal Care in Common.
India’s Silent Revolution: Redistribution through Unconditional Cash Transfers to Women
New research assesses the impacts of India’s Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) program as a vehicle for recognizing women’s care labors.
Making Care Work — Book Conversation with Nancy Folbre
Please join us on September 10, 12-1:30 EDT, for a conversation with Nancy Folbre on her recent book!
Rejecting the Poisoned Pie: Feminist Critiques of the Debt Economy
Debt is the technology for making care a private risk rather than a public good. Around the world, feminist researchers and activists are challenging debt’s centrality to social policy.
Are You Suffering from Low T?
Low Total Compensation Syndrome. It’s not you. It’s the economy—a silent epidemic affecting 51% of the population.
Reimagining the Economics of Late Life
Conference at the New School takes a care perspective on the economics of aging.
We Need a Care Package!
We’ve built an economy that depends on unpaid and underpaid care, but penalizes the people who provide it.
The Expendables
What ancient Rome teaches us about human value in the age of AI.
War Dollars, Care Dollars (and No Sense)
What are the care costs of a senseless war?
The Shrinking Cushion of Unpaid Care
What happened to the dream of a dual-earner/dual carer household?