Nancy Folbre
The Carebot Conundrum
I am so much in favor of good care technology, but the risk of bad technology seems to be growing.
Pre-Care-iat?
Guy Standing’s arguments for a universal basic income (UBI) as a way of protecting The Precariat
The Tyranny of (Some) Metrics
This new book by Jerry Z. Muller (Princeton University Press, 2018) does a great job explaining what happens when policy makers rely too heavily on simplistic measures of performance.
The ILO on Care Work and Care Workers
On wages, working conditions and future shortages in paid care employment.
Global Centre of Excellence on Gender Statistics
The first thing I want to say is I love the logo, which I have just sketched here. It’s so… feminine.
Developing Care
A committment by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada
The Book Underway
My forthcoming book on how an analysis of care work complements intersectional political economy
Measuring Family Policy Effects
About a session organized by the Labor and Employment Relations Association at the meetings of the Allied Social Science Association in San Francisco in early January.
Defining “Alternative Systems”
The topic “alternative economic systems” is generally construed as “economic alternatives to capitalism.” This presumes we agree on what “capitalism” is. I don’t think we do.
Heroine of the Noisy Revolution
This post is based on my presentation at the session “Inequality, Public Policy, and the Future of Economics: In Memory of Barbara Bergmann,” organized by Diana Strassmann, at the meetings of the American Economic Association in San Francisco, CA, January 5, 2016.
Make Time for Overtime
You have an important opportunity between now and September 4 to weigh in on a proposed U.S. Department of Labor rule change that would offer more overtime protection to salaried workers. This may seem like a somewhat indirect, even bureaucratic, way to stick up for workers rights, but it will matter. Consider it a contribution to a long and venerable political struggle.