The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”

Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.

Nancy Folbre Sep 9, 2025

Mamdani Needs to Catch the Value Capture Bus

New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani has drawn both praise and sneers for his free bus proposal. As detailed

Polly Cleveland Sep 7, 2025

Most so-called pronatalist policies seriously underestimate the costs and risks of raising children in today’s economic environment.

Nancy Folbre Sep 2, 2025

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D&S BLOG

There's been quite a fuss about our columnist Jerry Friedman's analysis of the macroeconomic effects that

D&S Admin Feb 19, 2016

D&S BLOG

By Ron Baiman, Chicago Political Economy Group When I first got wind of the denunciation of Prof. Gerald Friedman’s

Ron Baiman Feb 19, 2016