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The Care-Centered Economy: A New Theory of Value | David Bollier

The Care-Centered Economy: A New Theory of Value | David Bollier | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

I recently encountered a brilliant new essay by German writer Ina Praetorius that revisits the feminist theme of “care work,” re-casting it onto a much larger philosophical canvas. “The Care-Centered Economy:  Rediscovering what has been taken for granted” suggests how the idea of “care” could be used to imagine new structural terms for the entire economy. 

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Much of women's work is unpaid - but without it, the economy would crumble

Much of women's work is unpaid - but without it, the economy would crumble | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Katrine Marçal's Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? reminds us how Homo economicus has always been supported by free, underacknowldged, female labour.
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