The Math That Erased Women's WorkWhy raising kids counts as zero in the economy

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Hidden Architecture of Patriarchy

A 1953 accounting decision fundamentally altered how society values domestic labor. The System of National Accounts codified the exclusion of household work from GDP, ignoring economists who warned against the paradox where "marrying your housekeeper reduces GDP." This standard labeled care work as unproductive, creating long-term gaps in social security and cementing the economic invisibility of women’s contributions.