Why do patriarchal systems survive?

<div>On International Women’s Day 2023, <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro">Giuseppe Porcaro</a> is joined by <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/nancy-folbre">Nancy Folbre</a>, one of the pioneering economists in the area of feminist economics. <br> <br> Together they discuss the findings published in Folbre’s latest book <em>The rise and decline of patriarchal systems</em>, where she examined the contradictory effects of capitalist development. She explains why the work of caring for others is under-valued and under-rewarded in today's global economy, calling attention to the organisation of childrearing, the care of other dependants and the inheritance of assets. </div>