Nancy Folbre

Nancy Folbre is Director of the Program on Gender and Care Work at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Senior Fellow of the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. Her research explores the interface between political economy and feminist theory, with a particular emphasis on the value of unpaid care work. She is the author of numerous books, including The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values, Family Time: The Social Organization...See more

Nancy Folbre is Director of the Program on Gender and Care Work at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Senior Fellow of the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. Her research explores the interface between political economy and feminist theory, with a particular emphasis on the value of unpaid care work. She is the author of numerous books, including The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values, Family Time: The Social Organization of Care, Greed, Lust, and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas, and Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family. She is recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. She has been an Associate Editor of the journal Feminist Economics since 1995, and she is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. She has also written for many outlets, including the New York Times, The Nation, The Boston Review, and the American Prospect. See less