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Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children
by Viviana A. Zelizer
ISBN: 0691034591
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· 2020-07-15 ·
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One of the most fascinating books I read is Pricing the Priceless Children by Viviana A. Zelizer (
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0691034591
).
The central theme is that modern children are "economically useless" and "emotionally priceless".
The central theme is that modern children are "economically useless" and "emotionally priceless".