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The Welfare Queen of Denmark
by Nancy Folbre, originally posted at Economix, NY Times To anyone who lived through Ronald Reagan’s presidency, it’s a familiar story. It begins with a detailed description of a woman living high off the hog on welfare. Then it asserts that runaway social spending poses a threat to economic growth and well-being. The up-close-and-personal touch makes a more memorable case...
May 6, 2013|Blog Post|Read More »
Marissa Mayer, I Say Thank You
I could not be more delighted about the furor over Marissa Mayer's nixing of the telework option at Yahoo! Really, it's all good. Anything that puts the focus on women, motherhood and work makes me gleeful. The fact that these issues finally get a public airing has been so long in coming. Fully integrating women into all the places power resides is a messy, tortured and painful process. It...
March 10, 2013|Blog Post|Read More »
Preschool Economics
Nancy Folbre is a member of the Caring Economy Advisory Council Originally posted on the Economix blog on the New York Times Even a 4-year-old can understand the case for early-childhood education. It’s fun, you learn things, you make it easier for Mom and Dad to earn a decent living, and when you grow up you will be better able to earn a decent living yourself. At that point, you...
February 27, 2013|Blog Post|Read More »
The Double Standard for Violence
by Riane Eisler Originally published on The Huffington Post The mass shooting of young children in Connecticut rightly set off a national outcry about gun control, and the sexual abuse of boys at Penn State justly brought strong condemnation from the NCAA and state officials. But where is the outrage over the on-going violence against girls and women in schools and college campuses...
February 4, 2013|Blog Post|Read More »
Without Us, You're Nothing
Originally posted on the Your (Wo)man in Washington blog... Remember when Mika Brezezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, put out her book Knowing Your Value? It was advertised as a “surprisingly honest and unexpectedly revealing look at gender inequality in the workplace.” Mika argued that women generally underestimate their own worth and, for...
February 4, 2013|Blog Post|Read More »
From Good Girl to Feminist
Originally posted on the Your (Wo)man in Washington blog... There was nothing ambiguous about how I was raised. What my parents expected of me was crystal clear, as were the expectations of my teachers and my church. Always serve yourself last, my mother said. Make sure, wherever you are, that everyone else is taken care of before you think of yourself. Don’t raise...
January 21, 2013|Blog Post|Read More »
Sharers, Takers, Carers, Makers
by Nancy Folbre - New York Time's Economix.com Some of the most vivid political rhetoric of 2012 reflects a debate that has lasted centuries. Who are the makers and who are the takers? Much economic theory revolves around efforts to distinguish the two. The conceptual effort is motivated by noble intent: presumably, a good economic system encourages making (creating more to go around)...
January 8, 2013|Blog Post|Read More »
To Birth or Not to Birth
Originally posted on Your Wo(man) in Washington blog It’s all about who is having babies – or perhaps more accurately, who is NOT having babies. The declining birth rate in the US prompted much discussion, some of which you’ll find below. The only thing the writers agree on is that fewer women are opting to become mothers. Arguments differ as to why...
January 8, 2013|Blog Post|Read More »
Campaigning for Care
By Nancy Folbre (originally posted on NY Times Economix blog, October 8, 2012) Back in 2004, a presidential candidate acknowledged the changing organization of our care economy. “In one of the most dramatic shifts our society has seen,” explained George W. Bush in his final speech at the Republican National Convention, “two-thirds of moms also work outside the...
October 9, 2012|Blog Post|Read More »
The Missing Majority
The Missing Majority: Domestic Policy through a Woman-less Lens
By Riane Eisler and Kimberly Otis (cross posted on Huffington Post) Women are 52 percent of the U.S. population. But not once did either President Obama or Governor Romney even give a nod in their direction for the hour and a half they debated U.S. domestic policy. Neither did moderator Jim Lehrer once mention women or point a question in the direction of the female majority. It was as if...
October 8, 2012|Blog Post|Read More »
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