Baby-Sitting the Economy

Published: Dec. 19, 2017, 6 p.m.

b'The Sweeneys tell the story of\\u2014you guessed it\\u2014a baby-sitting co-op, one to which they belonged in the early 1970s. Such co-ops are quite common: A group of people (in this case about 150 young couples with congressional connections) agrees to baby-sit for one another, obviating the need for cash payments to adolescents.'