A Herstory of Economics

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5095-3843-0
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 350 g

There were only a few women economists who made it to the surface and whose voices were heard in the history of economic thought of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman – right? Wrong!

In this book, distinguished economist Edith Kuiper shows us that the history of economic thought is just that, a his-story, by telling the herstory of economic thought from the perspective of women economic writers and economists. Although some of these women were well known in their time, they were excluded from most of academic economics, and, over the past centuries, their work has been neglected, forgotten, and thus become invisible. Edith Kuiper introduces the reader to an amazing crowd of female pioneers and reveals how their insights are invaluable to understanding areas of economics ranging from production, work, and the economics of the household, to income and wealth distribution, consumption, public policy, and much more.

This pathbreaking book presents a whole new perspective on the development of economic thought. It will be essential reading for all students and scholars of the history of economic thought and feminist economics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuiper, Edith

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. The emergence of Political Economy

Chapter 2. Power, agency, and property rights

Chapter 3. Education

Chapter 4. Women’s relation to wealth: Capital, money, and finance

Chapter 5. Production

Chapter 6. Distribution

Chapter 7. Consumption

Chapter 8. Government polices

Chapter 9. Findings, Feminist Economics, and further explorations

References

Über Autor(innen)

Edith Kuiper is Chair of the Economics Department and Associate Professor at the State University of New York, New Paltz.