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The Purposes and Pitfalls of a Post-growth Caring Economy
Hybrid event
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.
Booking is required for people outside of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI).
DSPI Members do not need to register.
Date:
6 March 2025, 16:00
Venue:
32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House), 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER
Speaker:
Dr Jerome De Henau (The Open University)
Organising department:
Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Organisers:
Dr Rosella Ciccia (University of Oxford),
Professor Mary Daly (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
communications@spi.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
DSPI Hilary Term Seminar Series 2025: Perspectives on Care
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=G96VzPWXk0-0uv5ouFLPkfqPctPXM59Fq6He-WZyDG5URFRYUTdRR1FDRFRKSzJMOFZZUks2SE1BOCQlQCN0PWcu
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Faith Inch,
Zoe Burns
