First Year Seminar 191SBS04 - FYS-Who Cares?:Care Economy

Discussions of care within economics have been growing since the 70s, though they have received renewed emphasis with COVID-19, rising inequality, and the dire state of the U.S. healthcare system. We will explore the assumptions behind different economic theories of health care, childcare, elder and other types of care, along with what those theories are missing, and what good care might look like. This course will interweave discussions of independent living, academic success, and the utilization of University resources, with economic theories of care.

First year (Fr or Soph)