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3232Will Employers Invest in Our Kids?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/will-employers-invest-in-our-kids/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/will-employers-invest-in-our-kids/#respondFri, 09 Jan 2026 19:26:22 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293297The Trump administration has suspended over $10 billion of federal childcare funds for five Democratic-led states over alleged fraud. So what if childcare in the United States is already outrageously expensive, much higher than in other developed countries? But why is it that childcare costs in the US are so high? Socialist and feminist economist [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/will-employers-invest-in-our-kids/feed/0Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wealth-taxes-will-barely-slow-inequality-so-why-do-the-super-rich-resist-them/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wealth-taxes-will-barely-slow-inequality-so-why-do-the-super-rich-resist-them/#respondWed, 05 Nov 2025 19:20:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1290881Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory for the working class in the financial capital of the world is a reflection of the growing appeal of bold platforms that attack extreme inequality and oligarchy and move toward a more equitable and just society. Inequality, to be sure, is one of the biggest social problems facing many countries across [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wealth-taxes-will-barely-slow-inequality-so-why-do-the-super-rich-resist-them/feed/0Trump’s Motives Can Be Opaque. I Asked a Feminist Economist to Bare Them.
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumps-motives-can-be-opaque-i-asked-a-feminist-economist-to-bare-them/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumps-motives-can-be-opaque-i-asked-a-feminist-economist-to-bare-them/#respondSun, 03 Aug 2025 12:52:23 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286892In the months since his return to the presidency, Donald Trump has implemented an aggressive and utterly reactionary social and economic agenda that seeks to turn back the clock of the nation’s progress on civil and human rights while further entrenching the power of plutocracy. Understanding what drives Trump’s actions is not an easy task. [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumps-motives-can-be-opaque-i-asked-a-feminist-economist-to-bare-them/feed/0We Can’t Combat Inequality Without First Valuing Care Work
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-cant-combat-inequality-without-first-valuing-care-work/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-cant-combat-inequality-without-first-valuing-care-work/#respondMon, 02 Jan 2023 17:31:28 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1236057Part of the Series The Struggle for Caregiving Equity Patriarchy and capitalism are class-based systems that serve to compound inequalities of all sorts, including gender inequality. A feminist political economy not only addresses gender inequalities, but also seeks to rectify inequalities in the division of labor. Of course, there are different branches of feminism, but [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-cant-combat-inequality-without-first-valuing-care-work/feed/0Who Rules the Global Economy?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-rules-the-global-economy-by-nancy-folbre/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-rules-the-global-economy-by-nancy-folbre/#respondTue, 08 Nov 2011 06:22:55 +0000https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/who-rules-the-global-economy-by-nancy-folbre/feed/0The Credit Rating War
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-credit-rating-war-by-nancy-folbre/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-credit-rating-war-by-nancy-folbre/#respondTue, 16 Aug 2011 15:50:44 +0000https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-credit-rating-war-by-nancy-folbre/feed/0The Socialist Feminist Imaginary
https://znetwork.org/zaudio/the-socialist-feminist-imaginary-by-nancy-folbre/
https://znetwork.org/zaudio/the-socialist-feminist-imaginary-by-nancy-folbre/#respondhttps://znetwork.org/zaudio/the-socialist-feminist-imaginary-by-nancy-folbre/feed/0Mancession
https://znetwork.org/zvideo/mancession-by-nancy-folbre/
https://znetwork.org/zvideo/mancession-by-nancy-folbre/#respondhttps://znetwork.org/zvideo/mancession-by-nancy-folbre/feed/0Senator Sanders’s Socialism
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/senator-sanderss-socialism-by-nancy-folbre/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/senator-sanderss-socialism-by-nancy-folbre/#respondThu, 23 Dec 2010 00:54:26 +0000https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/senator-sanderss-socialism-by-nancy-folbre/feed/0
The Trump administration has suspended over $10 billion of federal childcare funds for five Democratic-led states over alleged fraud. So what if childcare in the United States is already outrageously expensive, much higher than in other developed countries? But why is it that childcare costs in the US are so high? Socialist and feminist economist [...]]]>
Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory for the working class in the financial capital of the world is a reflection of the growing appeal of bold platforms that attack extreme inequality and oligarchy and move toward a more equitable and just society. Inequality, to be sure, is one of the biggest social problems facing many countries across [...]]]>
In the months since his return to the presidency, Donald Trump has implemented an aggressive and utterly reactionary social and economic agenda that seeks to turn back the clock of the nation’s progress on civil and human rights while further entrenching the power of plutocracy. Understanding what drives Trump’s actions is not an easy task. [...]]]>
Part of the Series The Struggle for Caregiving Equity Patriarchy and capitalism are class-based systems that serve to compound inequalities of all sorts, including gender inequality. A feminist political economy not only addresses gender inequalities, but also seeks to rectify inequalities in the division of labor. Of course, there are different branches of feminism, but [...]]]>