Paid family leave

In case you’ve missed it, Kathy of The G Spot has a post up on The American Prospect’s Tapped about the economics of paid family leave. I haven’t had a chance to go over it in detail, but it looks exhaustive and interesting. 

Other blogs: Care Talk

Nancy Folbre, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, writes Care Talk, a blog about the economics of care. She describes it better than I could:
I aim to provide resources for students, journalists, and any readers interested in learning more about the “care sector” – that part of our economy devoted to [...]

A link to tide you over

Feministing recently put me on to Feminist Finance, and I’ve been poking my way through the archives with pleasure. It’s sort of difficult to explain what this blog is about. It’s loosely organized around finance for women, I guess, but without the irritating self-help nonsense that tends to come with budgeting tips. And there are [...]

Echidne of the Snakes

There’s been a link on my blogroll all along, but in case you’ve missed it, anyone who’s enthused about this site should click over to Echidne of the Snakes. Echidne has been blogging about economics and feminism much longer and more intelligently than I. Lately I’ve been reading back through the archives. A good place [...]