Economy
Institutions or Family? – Where Do the Elderly Belong?
Europe endures an ageing population. In early 2025, more than 22 per cent of its population were people above the age of 65 (European Commission 2025). Pension ages across Europe...
Tag: care work
Economy
Who Cares (for My Niece and My Grandfather)?
My eldest niece is 11 years old. She goes to school from 08:00 to approximately 14:00. Her mother is a single mother, who works a nine-to-five job. Luckily enough, the...
Economy
Reproducing Society, Securing the Economy – Social Reproduction in Practice
The very existence of society is a precondition for the existence of the economy. For society to continue existing, it needs to reproduce itself – to continue being. This is...