Nancy Folbre
From Dobbs v. Jackson to Rights v. Obligations
What’s wrong with Ross Douthat’s interpretation of the world in general and abortion rights in particular?
Social Capital vs. Social Climate
Social capital is a delightfully contradictory concept, which explains why academics kind of like it: So much room for elaboration and disputation, both qualitative and quantitative!
Seizing the Moment
Seizing the “Moment” for the Global Care Agenda: From Theory to Practice. International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) event, January 25, 2022
Gender Economics and the Meaning of Discrimination
Shelly Lundberg gave a terrific paper at the session on Identity, Culture, and the Economics of Gender at the Allied Social Science Association Meetings, January 8, 2022, and this is a distillation of my comments on it as discussant.
The Child Tax Credit, Singed if Not Combusted
Joe Manchin, Senator from West Virginia, oppose the child tax Credit on the grounds that mothers should be required to “work” in order to get assistance.
Gender, Bargaining, and Build Back Better
Some Notes from Panel on The Economics of Gender and Households, Southern Economic Association, November 22, 2021
Why JoeCare Has a Chance
Happy Inauguration Day. We now have a president who wears a mask. Everywhere. Which is something to be grateful for.
Republican Women, Intersected
A much larger percentage of women than men voted for Joe Biden: The race/gender intersection proved more salient: 93% of Black women voted for Biden, reflecting long-standing historical allegiances, Biden’s affiliation with Obama, and visceral dislike of Trump.
Manifold Exploitations
A more general theory of exploitation highlights the multiple dimensions of institutional power that make it possible for members of some overlapping groups to capture an unfair share of gains from cooperation, leaving others especially vulnerable.
Evolution and Intersectional Conflict
During the protests catalyzed by the murder of George Floyd the protestors took to the streets in May and June did so in the name of larger principles of political and economic justice and their persistent intensity created a tipping point that persuaded many bystanders of the need for systemic change.
Expendable Heroes?
On the economic impact of Covid-19 on care workers: most essential workers in the U.S. are still in suspense regarding the possibility of compensation for their forced exposure to Covid-19 infection
The Covid-19 Care Penalty
The abrupt creation of a new category of workers based on social need, rather than market forces, dramatized an important question: why do we often see a disjuncture between the social value of work and its private, pecuniary reward?