Emma Holten
Macro N Cheese
Ep 360 - Care Theory of Value with Emma Holten
- Published
- December 27, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 2m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 23, 2026
Discusses Let’s face it, even “good” macro talk can fall into the trap of treating the economy like a tidy spr…
Summary
Let’s face it, even “good” macro talk can fall into the trap of treating the economy like a tidy spreadsheet while real lives get crushed in the margins. To help us peer beneath the covers, Steve invited Emma Holten, a Copenhagen-based political economist to talk about her book Deficit: How Feminist Economics Can Change Our World. We often discuss deficit…
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Let’s face it, even “good” macro talk can fall into the trap of treating the economy like a tidy spreadsheet while real lives get crushed in the margins. To help us peer beneath the covers, Steve invited Emma Holten, a Copenhagen-based political economist to talk about her book Deficit: How Feminist Economics Can Change Our World. We often discuss deficits around here, but Emma is looking at a different kind. She reframes deficit as what societies rack up when they systematically undervalue care