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The Economics of Care

Nancy Folbre
INET, 2016
Level: beginner
Perspective: Feminist Economics
Topic: Labour & Care, Race & Gender
Format: Interview
Duration: 00:15:19
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZEJV3kBQH0

In the inspiring interview on Economics of Care, Nancy Folbre takes a closer look to the consequences of the marketization of caring activities on those activities and on the societal organization of care. Folbre elaborates on how to value care and how this shifts the perspectives on living standards. She points to the fact, that caring activities are undervalued both in the market sphere and within the family and thereby questions the division between those spheres. Lastly, Folbre answers the question how to reteach Economics when accounting for caring activities.

Go to: The Economics of Care

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