March is Women’s History Month, and you’ve probably been enjoying a flurry of stories about courageous women who have pioneered changes. And yet, seen alongside a renewed and mean onslaught against people with wombs, it can feel crazy-making. The SCOTUS Dobbs decision in June of 2022 brought us a red…

Dear friends and lovers, Your interest in wonky matters of economics does not exclude matters of love. The word oikonomia, now economics, is rooted in the management of our homes, our lives and our relationships, including business ones. As cabaret singers like to sing: money, money, money makes the world go round. …

An Economy of Our Own’s monthly Insider Update includes updates, events, resources, and other valuable tools for learning about and advancing feminist economic ideas. Sign up to receive the newsletter here. It’s typical for this time of year to assess oneself and turn over a few new leaves. So, I’ve…

This new year, we’re wishing for an economy that works for ALL of us. And we need your help to envision and build it. Wall Street’s economy waged as war has brought us what war always brings: huge inequality, loss, and ruin. Its winners require a great many losers. Together…

In 2022, we focused on important ways to move to a more caring economy, one that wages life not war. We explored new ratios to measure how well we’re really doing as individuals and as a society, beyond the GDP. We analyzed and organized around public banking. We looked at…

Wall Street’s economy waged as war has brought us what war always brings: huge inequality, loss, and ruin. Its winners require a great many losers. An economy waged as life can be different. It cooperates and collaborates. Its life-serving purpose requires women, mothers, and caregivers of all races, genders, and…

“The Woman worker needs Bread. But she also needs Roses.” — Rose Schneiderman, 1911 We ended the year by focusing on the growing phenomenon of labor organizing, including at big multinational companies like Starbuck’s and Amazon — and importantly a change toward more inclusive union leadership by women and people of color. We’ve noticed that women, beginning with Rose Schneiderman and her famous bread…

“Land monopoly is not the only monopoly which exists, but it is by far the greatest of monopolies — it is a permanent monopoly, and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly.” — Winston Churchill, 1909 A home is more than just a dwelling. It’s the security a family feels having a roof over their heads that can’t be taken away. It’s the collective memories of a family gathering place. It can also be the equity that provides generational wealth.

“The genie is out of the bottle. We need to move forward on artificial intelligence development but we also need to be mindful of its very real dangers.” — Stephen Hawking, 2017, Wired interview The virtual world once felt like it could shape a different future — one more democratic…