Economics
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.
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!
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 Shrinking Cushion of Unpaid Care
What happened to the dream of a dual-earner/dual carer household?
Toward a Care-Centered Economy: The Road to Gender-Inclusive Growth
Unpaid care work is the invisible engine that sustains the economy, yet it remains systematically undervalued in mainstream analysis and public policy. When states invest in human capabilities, women’s labor force participation strengthens—rather than strains—economic growth. To build a more inclusive economy, we must recognize, support, and more equitably share care work—work that makes all other work possible.
Cooperatives and Care
The Revaluing Care in the Global Economy project hosts an online seminar on Cooperatives and Care, exploring the social and cultural role of cooperative organizations in revaluing care and labor. Wednesday, November 5, 2025 · 10:05–11:20 AM ET, online.
Taxing the Top
As the distribution of both wealth and income has become unequal, political efforts to tax the top to finance investment in public goods like childcare have gained traction.