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Edith Kuiper. A Herstory of Economics
Table of Contents
Guide
Pages
A Herstory of Economics
Copyright Page
Women Economic Writers
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction. What is a herstory of economics? And why do we need it?
Some context and central concepts
Themes and structure of the book
1 The Emergence of Political Economy. Introduction
Œconomia or the study of household management
Morality of the middle classes
2 Power, Agency, and Property Rights. Introduction
The power of economic reasoning
Women’s economic agency
Property rights: Marriage as an economic institution
Property rights: Slavery and colonialization
3 Education. Introduction
Education as women’s portal to culture and society
Get your own education – start a school!
Spreading the word: Teaching political economy and economics
4 Women’s Relation to Wealth: Capital, Money, and Finance. Introduction
Women’s loss of control over their capital
Women’s attitude toward money
The financialization of the economy
5 Production. Introduction
Women’s participation in monetized and marketized production
Gender segregation in industry
Women minding their own business
Notes
6 Distribution. Introduction
Shifting patterns of distribution
Economic chivalry and the wage labor system
The debate on equal pay for equal work
Explaining gender and racial wage gaps
7 Consumption. Introduction
Women economists theorizing consumption
Consumption and environmental concerns
8 Government Policies. Introduction
The role of the state
Care services as public goods, local and global
Control of waste and conservation of the natural environment
International economic policies
9 Findings, Feminist Economics, and Further Explorations. Introduction
Findings and conclusions from earlier chapters
1. Œconomia as a predecessor of political economy and economics
2. Women’s agency in the household and marriage
3. Shifting boundaries between household production and monetarized and marketized activities
4. Women’s legal control over their body, children, earnings, and capital
5. Women’s role in and writing on education
6. Exploitation and discrimination in production
7. Consumption from the perspective of the consumer, budgeting, and financial literacy
8. Shifts in household models: from the male wage earner to the transitional and egalitarian model
9. Care activities
10. Minimization of waste and conservation of the environment
11. State provision of public goods and services formerly produced by the household
12. Excluding women from economic science and from the history of economic thought
Economics from a feminist perspective
Explorations
References
Index
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