<p>Elder care and childcare costs are rising fast, while wages and support for caregivers lag behind. Longtime care policy advocate Julie Kashen breaks down how we got here, what it would look like if we treated care as real infrastructure, and offers a surprisingly hopeful framework for what’s still possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Learn more about Julie's work at <a href="https://tcf.org/experts/julie-kashen/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Century Foundation</a>.</p>