Should there be a wage for housework?

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Should there be a wage for housework?

We all have to drag ourselves through the drudgery of unloading a dishwasher, cleaning out a wardrobe, a press, cooking a meal and then clearing up the resulting mess! In other words: housework, which when viewed through the lens of capitalism is deemed as ‘economic inactivity’. But, we all know it is work, so should it be paid? These are some of the themes explored in the new book ‘Wages for Housework’ from Academic and Historian Emily Callaci. She joins Andrea to discuss, as well as Siobhán O’Neill White from mams.ie and listeners.

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