Rethinking infrastructure: the case for social investment

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planted: 24/07/2021last tended: 27/11/2021
URL
https://www.cheerfulpodcast.com/rtbc-episodes/rethinking-infrastructure
Publisher
Reasons to be Cheerful

President Joe Biden sparked a major debate when he described spending on social care and childcare as an investment in infrastructure. We’re exploring why the question of what counts as ‘infrastructure’ really matters. US policy expert Julie Kashen talks us through the US infrastructure debate then Professor Sue Himmelweit from the Women’s Budget Group explains why it could have far-reaching implications around the world.

Care work is infrastructure.

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