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Feminist economics questions the role of gender in the economy, asks why we draw the border of "the economy" at (un)paid work, and generally goes beyond the all too common homo economicus, meaning "economic man".
Katrine Marçal talks about her experience as a female economics journalist. Feminist Economics Today is a really good introductory textbook. Exploring Economics has more material and explanation. But...why not just start by checking out that fancy purple poster below?
Katrine Marçal takes a different economic perspective with a theory that challenges the myth of 'economic man'. Expanding her idea about exactly who cooked Adam Smith's dinner, she certainly offers feminist food for thought. Katrine Marçal is the author of 'Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?'
Exploring Economics gives an excellent overview of feminist economic theory.
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Nina Banks assesses the legacy of the first African-American economist in the United States Eighty years ago, Sadie Alexander was writing on the devaluation of household work, a topic that has only recently been covered by graduate economics programs. That's just one of the ways the pioneering economist was ahead of her time, says Bucknell University professor Nina Banks.
The renowned feminist economist discusses the importance of heterodoxy, radicalism, and social justice to the discipline. Read the accompanying article at: https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/nancy-folbres-feminist-unorthodox-economics
Nancy Folbre is an American feminist economist who focuses on economics and the family, non-market work and the economics of care. She is Professor Emirita of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who has written extensively about the economics of care and reciprocity.
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