GREEN “CARE” NEW DEAL: CARE, COMMUNITY AND ARTISTIC CREATION FOR AN INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Abstract

This multidisciplinary paper reclaims the spirit of the original New Deal with a double objective. First,
it is explained why an effective development strategy requires the coordination of monetary and fiscal
policy, in order to put employment as a fundamental pillar of it and not as an uncertain result of
economic growth. And second, this strategy is linked to the mobilization of real resources aimed at
concrete interventions for the care of people, in a global framework of policies for the decarbonization
of the economy that has become popular in recent years under the name of Green New Deal. The
literature that emerged as a result of the 2007-2008 International Financial Crisis advanced towards
the need to establish a closer relationship between the fiscal and monetary arm of the State, a fact
that has accelerated due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This moment is an opportunity to design a public
administration of care for the social valorization of non-monetized and invisible work. In this sense,
we defend a central role for artistic creation, expelled from the public sphere by the absolute
commodification of all areas of life, including education.