Essay: The Care-Centered Economy Rediscovering what has been taken for granted
Essay: Wirtschaft ist Care oder: Die Wiederentdeckung des Selbstverständlichen
Volume 16 of the Publication Series Economy + Social Issues
Ina Praetorius
Heinrich B
German
Economics has become a kind of bellwether science from which many people obtain their view of what is “normal” and “right” about the value of relationships and activities. However, of all things, those activities for satisfying needs that are carried out in private households are studied either not at all or only marginally in economic science today, and are often distorted. What are the consequences of this omission?