This dossier is part of the Pluralist Economics Fellowship, jointly put together by the Minerva Schools at KGI & The Network for Pluralist Economics. For more information on this and a collection of the other student essays check out this page.
Caring activities are one central element of feminist economists' analysis – also since in particular unremunerated work is a blind spot in mainstream economics and most other economic paradigms. Those focus on the market sphere: activities are considered as productive and as real labour if they are remunerated and market-intermediated. Goods and services are considered as labour if they create a value which can be traded on the market. Feminist Economics remarks that this perspective creates certain dichotomies and consequent devaluations: unproductive – productive; private – public; unpaid – remunerated OR paid less – well paid; female – male; soft work – hard work; caring – rationality.
Eigentlich klingt die Idee ganz simpel: Jeden Monat soll der Staat seinen Bürger*innen einen fixen Betrag aufs Konto überweisen. Einfach so. Ohne Gegenleistung, ohne Wenn und Aber. Doch so einfach ist es nicht. Wenn es um das Grundeinkommen geht, reden viele aneinander vorbei. Was geht schief in der Debatte ums Grundeinkommen? Ein Essay von Sebastian Fobbe.
Die Sorge- und Versorgungswirtschaft der größte Sektor der Volkswirtschaft – und bleibt in den wirtschaftspolitischen Debatten dennoch meist unsichtbar. Dabei wäre eine stärkere Anerkennung zentral für eine zukunftsgerichtete Wirtschaftspolitik.
Snow removal, ambulance transport, and school performance -the film aims at illustrating the principles of gender mainstreaming through concrete examples.