{"product_id":"the-unseen-labor-why-the-work-that-holds-society-together-is-falling-apart-9798245252728","title":"The Unseen Labor: Why The Work That Holds Society Together Is Falling Apart","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James Okon | Eleanor Vance\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Parenting - Motherhood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe are in the midst of a silent economic collapse. \u003c\/b\u003eThe foundation of our society is not made of steel or data, but of care-and it is crumbling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are exhausted.\u003c\/b\u003e You are performing a high-wire act of professional ambition and private responsibility, feeling the strain in every missed bedtime and every glanced-at email during dinner. You are told you can \"have it all,\" while the system ensures you are left doing it all. This is not a personal failing. It is a designed economic outcome. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn THE UNSEEN LABOR, \u003c\/b\u003e acclaimed economist and policy architect Dr. Eleanor Vance unveils the trillion-dollar blind spot at the heart of our economy. With the precision of a scholar and the urgency of a witness, she dismantles the myth that the work of raising children, tending to the elderly, and maintaining our homes is merely a \"private choice.\" It is, in fact, the essential, unpaid infrastructure upon which all paid work depends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Vance's journey-from a moment of crisis in her own kitchen to the halls of global power-reveals: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe \"Parenthood Fork\" \u003c\/b\u003e How a single event-having a child-catapults men forward and derails women's careers, creating a multi-million-dollar lifelong earnings gap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe \"Phantom Wage\" \u003c\/b\u003e How decades of unpaid labor translate directly into a hollowed-out pension and poverty in old age for millions of women.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe \"Productivity Drain\" \u003c\/b\u003e How the constant logistical panic of unsupported care costs businesses billions in lost talent, innovation, and focus.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe \"Care Dividend\" \u003c\/b\u003eThe staggering economic boom-a potential 10%+ boost to GDP-that awaits nations bold enough to invest in care as public infrastructure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is more than a diagnosis. It is a manifesto for revolution. \u003c\/b\u003eDr. Vance presents a detailed, actionable blueprint for a \u003cb\u003e\"Care Century,\"\u003c\/b\u003e built on three pillars: \u003cb\u003e Universal Care Infrastructure (treating childcare and eldercare like public utilities), a Re-Engineered Workplace (with radical leave policies and a right to disconnect), and a Rewritten Social Contract (where care work counts toward pensions and security is a right).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE UNSEEN LABOR\u003c\/b\u003e is the book that will change the conversation-and change our world. It is a powerful, irrefutable case that gender equity is not a \u003cb\u003e\"women's issue,\"\u003c\/b\u003e but the single greatest economic imperative of our time. For anyone who has ever felt stretched to breaking point, for every leader who wonders why talent keeps walking out the door, and for every citizen who believes we can build a more humane and prosperous future, this book is your call to action. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most important work in the world is the work that makes all other work possible. It's time we started to value it.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47594455498903,"sku":"9798245252728","price":1257.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798245252728.webp?v=1774986053","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-unseen-labor-why-the-work-that-holds-society-together-is-falling-apart-9798245252728","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}