We hear much talk about "family values," but what "value" do we actually place on the family itself? In Postindustrial America is the family merely a moral and sentimental "worthy cause?" Or is it in fact the focus of some of society's most important work-the development of productive workers and citizens-and thus one of the primary engines of economic growth? In The Feminine Economy and Economic Man, Shirley Burggraf sets the record straight about the true value-and true cost-of the family's work in nurturing and protecting society's "human capital." With startling insight she also shows why...
We hear much talk about "family values," but what "value" do we actually place on the family itself? In Postindustrial America is the family merely a ...