The reproductive crisis in neoliberal capitalism

Commenting on D. Elson’s recent paper

Bibliographic Data

ID6172349
AuthorsMakoto Itoh (0000-0002-4904-1466, Japan University of Economics, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume47
Issue1
Pages82-94
Publication date2021-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Japanese Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2329-1958 • E-ISSN: 2329-194X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2329194x.2021.1875847
OpenAlexW3128072707
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

In the first section, this paper comments favorably on Elson’s recent paper applying the “gender lens” to rising economic inequalities under neoliberal capitalism. Although increased participation of women in the labor market reduced economic inequalities within and between households to some extent, it widened the income gap between capital and labor. I note and comment on similar trends in the Japanese economy. In the second section, this paper examines how to reread Piketty as “patrimonialism without patriarchy” in light of Elson’s critique. In the third section, the widening economic and gender inequalities are located as an important link in the vicious circle of reproductive crisis of our societies, with suggestions for a sounder theoretical foundation and possible strategies for dealing with such crisis for the future

Capital (architecture · Capitalism · Economics · Inequality · Keynesian economics · Neoclassical economics · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Section (typography · Sociology · Virtuous circle and vicious circle · Gender Studies · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

Tools

Open DOI