Nancy Folbre, Professor

Economics
1002 Thompson    
(413) 545-1007    
folbre@econs.umass.edu
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Education: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1979

Research Interests:  The interface between feminist theory and political economy, with a particular interest in caring labor and other forms of non-market work.

Nancy Folbre is author of "Greed, Lust, and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas," which is forthcoming in 2009 from Oxford University Press, and "Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family" (Harvard University Press, 2008). She is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Her research explores the economics of "caring labor," a topic which she blogs about on her personal blog, Care Talk, and in the New York Times.

Courses Taught: PUBP&ADM  697G - ST: Public Policy, Gender & Care;