Folbre-Nastacio

I think the idea of looking at a household through the viewpoint of economic theories is particularly interesting, however I think it is difficult to use these theories since they do not encompass every important aspect of a household. For example, the Marxian theories focus more on classes and not on individuals. What about households made up of extended families that might not necessary be part of the same "class"? Another aspect that stuck out was the idea that these theories didn't differentiate between gender and age. These two concepts are an important aspect involved in the makeup of the household. I also thought it was interesting that the term "feminization of poverty" was coined (255) in order to refer to the decreasing economic position of households run by females in the US. What about the households in which the woman earns more money vs a household in which a man is in charge but doesn't make as much? Does this imply that even though the man doesn't earn as much money as the woman that he will have a more economically prosperous household?