Auteur: Folbre Nancy Folbre

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 …

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 …

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 …