Rethinking Economics Through a Feminist Lens

Feminist economics is a rethinking of the discipline of economics for the purpose of improving women's economic condition. As a by-product (or external benefit) of this rethinking, feminist economics provides an improvement of economic theory and policy. Feminist economics is a radical endeavor...

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Published inThe American economic review Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 143 - 147
Main Author Strober, Myra H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Menasha, Wis American Economic Association 01.05.1994
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Can Feminist Thought Improve Economics?
Classical economics
Economic competition
Economic conditions
Economic theory
Economics
Feminism
Feminist economics
Impacts
Marxian economics
Men
Scarcity
Selfishness
Studies
Well-being
Wellbeing
Women
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Summary:Feminist economics is a rethinking of the discipline of economics for the purpose of improving women's economic condition. As a by-product (or external benefit) of this rethinking, feminist economics provides an improvement of economic theory and policy. Feminist economics is a radical endeavor. In a discipline that is still remarkably positivist, feminist economics questions the whole notion of objectivity and argues that what one chooses to work on and how one formulates theories and policy recommendations are dependent upon one's culture, one's position in society and one's experiences. Feminist economics not only exposes the hidden political agendas of received economic doctrine, it straightforwardly acknowledges its own own economic and political agenda - the improvement of women's economic condition.
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ISSN:0002-8282
1944-7981