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Home economies

Managing our households spins the wheels of nearly all economic activity. Our homes are the building blocks that construct the economy and we’ve forgotten that mainly I think because most households have been run by women who are unpaid and otherwise not considered part of the workforce and this traditional women’s work is nearly invisible to economists... Flooding through every home are innumerable streams of goods and people that all must be selected, cared for, kept in tune and made the best use of."

-- The Permaculture City by Toby Hemenway