I'm reading Martha Fineman's "The Autonomy Myth." The basic thesis is that our current economic structure doesn't account for the value added by those who take care of dependents. Which is basically true.
The "Free Market" is not exactly value neutral. Some things cost money. Other things are free. In general, the market values things and not people. But its easy for market thinking to bleed over into personal relationships. Some people can command good wages. Other people are only able to earn minimum wage. People who can't earn money start to look like less valuable human beings.
A big reason why women want to work is that in our capitalist modern reality, earning money defines you as a valuable person. So, I'll reveal my hippie liberal socialist side and say: Money can't possibly be the only way to value things and it is certainly no way to value people.
sanctimonious but true.
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