Nancy Folbre is Directorof the Program on Gender and Care Work at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Senior Fellow of the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. She is the author of numerous books, most recently Greed, Lust, and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas (Oxford, 2009).
16 Ebooks by Nancy Folbre
Nancy Folbre: Saving State U
Once upon a time, students who were willing and able to work hard could obtain an affordable, high-quality education at a public university. Those times are gone. Intensified admissions competition c …
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Jonathan Teller-elsberg & Nancy Folbre: Field Guide to the U.S. Economy
Extensively revised and expanded with the most up-to-the-minute data, this new edition of the Field Guide to the U.S. Economy brings key economic issues to life, reflecting the collective wit and wis …
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€16.99
Nancy Folbre: Greed, Lust and Gender
When does the pursuit of self-interest go too far, lapsing into morally unacceptable behaviour? Until the unprecedented events of the recent global financial crisis economists often seemed unconcerne …
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€76.89
Nancy Folbre: Who Pays for the Kids?
Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue to perform most of the unpaid labour of hous …
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€41.73
Michael Bittman & Nancy Folbre: Family Time
The time we have to care for one another, especially for our children and our elderly, is more precious to us than anything else in the world. Yet we have more experience accounting for money than we …
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Michael Bittman & Nancy Folbre: Family Time
The time we have to care for one another, especially for our children and our elderly, is more precious to us than anything else in the world. Yet we have more experience accounting for money than we …
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€70.72
Nancy Folbre: Who Pays for the Kids?
Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue to perform most of the unpaid labour of hous …
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€70.93
Bina Agarwal & Barbara Bergmann: Women’s Work in the World Economy
Examines the role of women and men in the economy of the future. The diverse chapters share a common concern for the effect of public policies on women’s work both in the market place and in the home …
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€26.95
Nancy Folbre: The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems
Why do patriarchal systems survive? In this groundbreaking work of feminist theory, Nancy Folbre examines the contradictory effects of capitalist development. She explains why the work of caring for …
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€30.99
Nancy Folbre: Greed, Lust and Gender
When does the pursuit of self-interest go too far, lapsing into morally unacceptable behaviour? Until the unprecedented events of the recent global financial crisis economists often seemed unconcerne …
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€86.14
Janet C Gornick & Marcia K Meyers: Gender Equality
In the labor market and workplace, anti-discrimination rules, affirmative action policies, and pay equity procedures exercise a direct effect on gender relations. But what can be done to influence th …
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€35.99
Nancy Folbre: Valuing Children
Nancy Folbre challenges the conventional economist’s assumption that parents have children for the same reason that they acquire pets–primarily for the pleasure of their company. Children become the …
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€41.00
Nancy Folbre: For Love or Money
As women moved into the formal labor force in large numbers over the last forty years, care work – traditionally provided primarily by women – has increasingly shifted from the family arena to the ma …
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€57.37
Amy Armenia & Mignon Duffy: From Crisis to Catastrophe
The COVID pandemic has shaken the material and social foundations of the world more than any event in recent history and has highlighted and exacerbated a longstanding crisis of care. While these cha …
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€46.34
Nancy Folbre: Valuing Children
Nancy Folbre challenges the conventional economist’s assumption that parents have children for the same reason that they acquire pets–primarily for the pleasure of their company. Children become the …
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€41.00
