In a context of permanent neo-liberal austerity push for social provisioning, characterised by low taxation and private marketised solutions, the idea of a caring economy as a way out our multiple global crises may seem utopian. Some advocates use the instrumental card of the economic growth and jobs that can be created by public investment in social infrastructure (of care, health and education) while sceptics brandish the need to boost economic growth first in order to be able to afford public spending.

This talk interrogates what a caring economy would entail, and how it could be conceptualised away from the growth mantra of capitalism. In particular, it examines the extent to which a caring economy could address gender inequality, well-being depletion, and the climate crisis, by adopting a more solidaristic model of social provisioning that can flourish in a steady-state mode of production.

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