This week we take on ‘economic inactivity’ and explore what it means for how we live, work and care for each other.

Words of Affirmation is a podcast from Care Full, hosted by Hannah Webster & Ruth Hannan.

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This week we talked about:

• Emma Holten’s book Deficit: How Feminist Economics Can Save Our World

• Helen Hester and Will Stronge’’s book Post-work

• UBI research Levelling the Mental Health Gradient Amongst Young People led by Northumbria University (co-authored by Hannah)

• Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar discussing feminism on Novara Media’s If I Speak

• The We Are The Economy campaign

• Patsy Palmer’s Instagram

• Bridget Christie’s comedy series The Change

Our music for the episode is Bobby Bertoli’s Rebirth (thanks Bob x).