Nancy Folbre

Nancy Folbre

Nancy Folbre is Director of 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 Institute at Bard College. Her research explores the interface between political economy and feminist theory, with a particular emphasis on the value of unpaid care work. In addition to numerous articles published in academic journals, she is the editor of For Love and Money: Care Work in the U.S., and the author of Greed, Lust, and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas, Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family, and The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values. She has also written widely for a popular audience, including contributions to the New York Times Economix blog, The Nation, and the American Prospect.

GTI Contributions
Roundtable contribution on Debating the Precariat - Nancy Folbre
Roundtable
Contribution to GTI Roundtable Debating the Precariat
October 2018
The focus on “the precariat” is useful but limited: the fight over distribution isn’t just between labor and capital.

The Caring Economy: Well-Being and the Invisible Heart
Interview
The Caring Economy: Well-Being and the Invisible Heart
February 2017

Although fundamental to human well-being, the provision of care has been unrecognized and unremunerated by society. Increasing acknowledgement and respect for caring work will signal progress toward a Great Transition.


Nancy Folbre
Roundtable
Contribution to GTI Roundtable "Full-World Economics"
An exchange on the essay Economics for a Full World
June 2015