who are the "econopeople" and what is their deal? june once said "if only it wasn't an adultress i would be living here too"
The econopeople are the middle class. They’re not the founders of Gilead and are not commanders. They the basic everyday people who are still around. They haven’t committed any sins and some are able to have children. They keep society running (think of people in the service industries, farmers, shipping and transport, those types of jobs).
This article on the econopeople helps explain a bit more. In the book June only references the wives (she would have been an econowife if Luke wasn’t divorced and his marriage to June was his first, but since she committed adultry, she’s a handmaid), but the series really develops the econopeople as a whole class or doctors.
