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We Need a Care Package!

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By Nancy Folbre
| ZNetwork
Eighty years ago, an organization named CARE—which stands for Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere—responded to worldwide hunger in the aftermath of World War II by sending millions of packages of food. This post commemorates that effort. A diverse group of researchers and policy advocates met recently at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to brainstorm and draft proposals for “game-changing” policies for the U.S. economy.
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We Need a Care Package!

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By Nancy Folbre
| Dollars & Sense
Eighty years ago, an organization named CARE—which stands for Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere—responded to worldwide hunger in the aftermath of World War II by sending millions of packages of food. This post commemorates that effort. A diverse group of researchers and policy advocates met recently at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to brainstorm and draft proposals for “game-changing” policies for the U.S. economy.
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The Shrinking Cushion of Unpaid Care

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By Nancy Folbre, Leila Gautham
| Portside
The Shrinking Cushion of Unpaid Care Published April 27, 2026 Most measures of economic well-being in the United States are based on dollars earned or dollars spent, but we don’t live in an entirely market-based economy. The annual American Time Use Survey shows that we spend, on average, about as much time on unpaid work (defined as activities that someone else could be paid to do) as on work that earns a paycheck.
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