About

I’m a feminist economist with a particular interest in the measurement and valuation of care provision–the time and money devoted to the production, development, and maintenance of human capabilities. I’ve published a great deal of research explaining how conventional economic theory has underestimated the value of commitments to family, community, and the wellbeing of people in general. My. new book, Making Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First, will be published by the University of California Press in March 2026. It aims to rally thinkers, policy makers, and political activists around a more socially and environmentally sustainable vision of economic development.

Covers of this and previous books are here.

Photo by Angela Roberts.

You can find and download a copy of my academic vita and a short bio here.

You can find links to recent video and print interviews here.