About the Book

The great problems of our time such as poverty, inequality, war, terrorism, and environmental degradation are due in part to our flawed economic models that set the wrong priorities and misallocate resources. Conventional economic measures, policies, and practices fail to give visibility and value to the most essential human work the work of caring and caregiving. This powerful book proposes that we need a radical reformulation of economics, one that supports caring and caregiving at the individual, organizational, societal, and environmental levels. This "caring economics" takes into account the full spectrum of economic activities from the life-sustaining activities of the household, to the life-enriching activities of caregivers and communities of all types, to the life-supporting processes of nature. Eisler exposes the economic double standard that devalues anything stereotypically associated with women and femininity and shows how this distorts our values and our lives.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 318 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers (Nov. 30th, 2008)

ISBN-10: 1576756297

ISBN-13: 9781576756294

Dimensions: 6.22 x 9.16 x 0.85 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.06 lbs

• Categories: Economics Theory