From the department of shameless self promotion …

A must read for anyone interested in Feminist Economics is Choice Award Winning Academic Title Liberating Economics: feminist perspectives on families, work and globalization. (Barker and Feiner, University of Michigan Press, 2004).

Reviews

From the Publisher
Liberating Economics connects the key concepts and concerns of feminists to the central problems analyzed by economists. Liberating Economics presents a global, comparative perspective on the social, economic, and political status of women. Liberating Economics is accessible, presuming no specialized knowledge of either feminist theory or economics. Key topics include the changing roles of families, the relationship between household organization and commodity production, the private costs and social benefits of caring labor, women’s employment, national policies on gender equity, globalization and social reproduction, and a feminist policy framework for evaluating economic performance.

From the Inside Flap

“This imaginatively written volume is essential reading for all who want to learn about the feminist revolution in economic thought. Accessible to nonspecialists and students from all fields, this book shows how gender, race, nation, and class interact in economic systems to influence human well-being.” — Diana Strassman, Editor of the award winning journal, Feminist Economics

“This book is a must-read for every future economist, undergraduate and graduate, and for every women’s studies student. It is a great read for the rest of us. It should be required reading for every policy-maker at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization.” — Sandra Harding, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies UCLA

“Feminism teaches us to think of the person in context: family, social and global. The atomism beloved of economics from the man’s perspective melts away when you do that — and it’s about time, too. ” — James Galbraith, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

Head to your nearest book store and order Liberating Economics today … Susan and Drue are standing by to answer your questions!