# Deficit

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- Book: [Deficit](https://www.bookquiver.com/emma-holten/deficit) ([Deficit.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/emma-holten/deficit.md))
- Authors: [Emma Holten](https://www.bookquiver.com/emma-holten)
- Publisher: Virgin Digital
- Translated by: Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg
- Medium: audio
- Length: 5 h 52 min
- Narrated by: Emma Holten
- ISBN: 978-07-5356-171-3
- Published: 2025-03-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 5 h 52 min

## Description

Brought to you by Penguin. How can we create a better future – one that truly prioritises health and happiness? For too long, economic thinkers have left out acts of care - written off as 'women's work' for centuries - from their calculations. The result? Terrible real-world consequences today: crumbling public services, struggling schools and care systems on the brink of collapse. In Deficit , prominent Danish feminist Emma Holten reveals how and why this happened, and argues that the things that matter – doing homework with your child, checking in on loved ones, talking to a colleague who doesn’t seem well – might seem inconsequential, but are in fact the building blocks of the economy. Urgent and incisive, this is a call to rethink the economic value of care. 'Brilliantly rewrites the history of economic thought to place 'her story' at its heart - while combining sharp analysis with piercing wit and deep care. A must-read' - Kate Raworth, author of DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS 'One of the most important feminist voices of the 21st century . . . The book about capitalism we didn't know we needed' - Sofie Hagen © Emma Holten 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025