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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
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?'
"Who run the world? Girls!", zong zangeres Beyoncé ooit. In de werkelijkheid zijn het toch vooral mannen die de top bereiken. De grote vraag is: hoe komt dat nou? Is "de maatschappij" bevooroordeeld? Werken mannen vrouwen tegen? Hebben vrouwen een laag zelfbeeld? Willen vrouwen helemaal niet naar de top?
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.