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Employers today are demanding more and more of employees' time. And
from campaign barbecues to the blogosphere, workers across the
United States are raising the same worried question: How can I get
ahead at my job while making sure my family doesn't fall behind?
Heather Boushey argues that resolving work-life conflicts is as
vital for individuals and families as it is essential for realizing
the country's productive potential. The federal government,
however, largely ignores the connection between individual
work-life conflicts and more sustainable economic growth. The
consequence: business and government treat the most important
things in life-health, children, elders-as matters for workers to
care about entirely on their own time and dime. That might have
worked in the past, but only thanks to a hidden subsidy: the
American Wife, a behind-the-scenes, stay-at-home fixer of what
economists call market failures. When women left the home-out of
desire and necessity-the old system fell apart. Families and the
larger economy have yet to recover. But change is possible. Finding
Time presents detailed innovations to help Americans find the time
they need and help businesses attract more productive workers. A
policy wonk with working-class roots and a deep understanding of
the stresses faced by families up and down the income ladder,
Heather Boushey demonstrates with clarity and compassion that
economic efficiency and equity do not have to be enemies. They can
be reconciled if we have the vision to forge a new social contract
for business, government, and private citizens.
This book provides an overview of current developments within
feminist political economy, including reformulations of economic
theory, historical and empirical research on the economic roles and
status of women and people of color, as well as proposals for
broadening the public policy agenda. Rather than offering a
feminist critique of neoclassical economics, this volume presents
feminist economics in dialogue with progressive economic theory and
public policy. It differentiates itself further by addressing
issues of class, race and sexuality in interaction with gender.
This book provides an overview of current developments within
feminist political economy, including reformulations of economic
theory, historical and empirical research on the economic roles and
status of women and people of color, as well as proposals for
broadening the public policy agenda. Rather than offering a
feminist critique of neoclassical economics, this volume presents
feminist economics in dialogue with progressive economic theory and
public policy. It differentiates itself further by addressing
issues of class, race and sexuality in interaction with gender.
With contributions by some of the top heterodox economists of our
time, this book challenges readers to develop critical perspectives
on a number of current topics, including foreign financial crises,
health care, social security, and welfare reform. It explores
alternative approaches to theoretical method, macro-and
microeconomics, international trade and finance, economic
development, and related policy issues.
With contributions by some of the top heterodox economists of our
time, this book challenges readers to develop critical perspectives
on a number of current topics, including foreign financial crises,
health care, social security, and welfare reform. It explores
alternative approaches to theoretical method, macro-and
microeconomics, international trade and finance, economic
development, and related policy issues.
A Financial Times Book of the Year "The strongest documentation I
have seen for the many ways in which inequality is harmful to
economic growth." -Jason Furman "A timely and very useful
guide...Boushey assimilates a great deal of recent economic
research and argues that it amounts to a paradigm shift." -New
Yorker Do we have to choose between equality and prosperity?
Decisions made over the past fifty years have created underlying
fragilities in our society that make our economy less effective in
good times and less resilient to shocks, such as today's
coronavirus pandemic. Many think tackling inequality would require
such heavy-handed interference that it would stifle economic
growth. But a careful look at the data suggests nothing could be
further from the truth-and that reducing inequality is in fact key
to delivering future prosperity. Presenting cutting-edge economics
with verve, Heather Boushey shows how rising inequality is a drain
on talent, ideas, and innovation, leading to a concentration of
capital and a damaging under-investment in schools, infrastructure,
and other public goods. We know inequality is fueling social
unrest. Boushey shows persuasively that it is also a serious drag
on growth. "In this outstanding book, Heather Boushey...shows that,
beyond a point, inequality damages the economy by limiting the
quantity and quality of human capital and skills, blocking access
to opportunity, underfunding public services, facilitating
predatory rent-seeking, weakening aggregate demand, and increasing
reliance on unsustainable credit." -Martin Wolf, Financial Times
"Think rising levels of inequality are just an inevitable outcome
of our market-driven economy? Then you should read Boushey's
well-argued, well-documented explanation of why you're wrong."
-David Rotman, MIT Technology Review
"Ambitious, fast-paced, fact-filled, and accessible." -Science "A
compelling case for why achieving the right balance of time with
our families...is vital to the economic success and prosperity of
our nation... A must read." -Maria Shriver From backyard barbecues
to the blogosphere, working men and women across the country are
raising the same worried question: How can I get ahead at my job
while making sure my family doesn't suffer? A visionary economist
who has looked at the numbers behind the personal stories, Heather
Boushey argues that resolving the work-life conflict is as vital
for us personally as it is essential economically. Finding Time
offers ingenious ways to help us carve out the time we need, while
showing businesses that more flexible policies can actually make
them more productive. "Supply and demand curves are suddenly 'sexy'
when Boushey uses them to prove that paid sick days, paid family
leave, flexible work schedules, and affordable child care aren't
just cutesy women's issues for families to figure out 'on their own
time and dime,' but economic issues affecting the country at
large." -Vogue "Boushey argues that better family-leave policies
should not only improve the lives of struggling families but also
boost workers' productivity and reduce firms' costs." -The
Economist
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year "An intellectual excursion
of a kind rarely offered by modern economics." -Foreign Affairs
Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is the most
widely discussed work of economics in recent years. But are its
analyses of inequality and economic growth on target? Where should
researchers go from there in exploring the ideas Piketty pushed to
the forefront of global conversation? A cast of leading economists
and other social scientists-including Emmanuel Saez, Branko
Milanovic, Laura Tyson, and Michael Spence-tackle these questions
in dialogue with Piketty. "A fantastic introduction to Piketty's
main argument in Capital, and to some of the main criticisms,
including doubt that his key equation...showing that returns on
capital grow faster than the economy-will hold true in the long
run." -Nature "Piketty's work...laid bare just how ill-equipped our
existing frameworks are for understanding, predicting, and changing
inequality. This extraordinary collection shows that our most
nimble social scientists are responding to the challenge." -Justin
Wolfers, University of Michigan
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