How Economists Forgot Housework
Feminist economists argue that GDP statistics need to start taking account of care-giving and housework if we want to start valuing these things as a society.
Feminist economists argue that GDP statistics need to start taking account of care-giving and housework if we want to start valuing these things as a society.
For example author Katrine Marcal points out that Adam Smith claimed that the economy was based on self interest, overlooking the fact that his mother cooked his meals for free. Manuela Saragosa speaks to Hannah Peaker of the UK's Women's Equality political party, and professor Joyce Jacobsen of the Wesleyan University in the US.
(Picture: Young mother holds her crying baby while loading the washing machine; Credit: SolStock/Getty Images)
Last on
More episodes
Previous
Broadcast
- Thu 3 May 2018 07:32GMT成人快手 World Service except News Internet
Featured in...
Highlights: Don't Miss Them!—Listen on the go
Clips, podcasts and videos that we have enjoyed in the office
Podcast
-
Business Daily
The daily drama of money and work from the 成人快手.