As economist Heather Boushey writes, “American businesses used to have a silent partner. This partner never showed up at a board meeting or made a demand, but was integral to profitability. That partner was the American Wife. She made sure the American Worker showed up for work well rested…in clean clothes…with a lunch box packed to the brim with cold-cut sandwiches, coffee, and a home-baked cookie…. This unspoken business contract is broken.”
