Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

Premilla Nadasen's new book Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, is a fiery critique of capitalist care relations and the economic profit extracted from care. Care traces the history of the care economy and its roots in racial capitalism and calls for radical alternatives to our exploitative, profit-driven system. By highlighting the activism of low-wage workers, immigrants, and women of color in movements from Wages for Housework, welfare rights, and the Movement for Black Lives, Nadasen analyzes our current system of care and uplifts the fight to practice collective care and envision a more caring, equitable future.