Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Liberating Economics
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 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in economics for feminists, feminism and policy, recommended reading by Susan
Monday, May 26th, 2008
(Re)Discovering the Suburban House Trap
A few days ago economist and NYT columnist Paul Krugman voiced concern for the transport needs of suburbanites. Trapped between high gas prices and no alternatives to private autos it will take a generation to undo the mess.
Why? Because homes are people’s largest asset. Take away a family’s home equity and the majority of [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in feminism and policy by Susan
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Introducing Women’s Studies to Economics
Susan Feiner, host. Welcome everyone. Today I have the great pleasure of hosting a conversation between Women’s Studies (applause) and Economics (clap, clap, clap).
SF: “well, we can see how the audience feels.” (laughter)
SF: “WS, what’s on your mind today? Any pressing questions for Economics?”
WS: Well, we have such a hard time with the economics department [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in economics for feminists by Susan
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Feminist Fiscal Policy
SF: Welcome back everyone, glad you are continuing to tune it.
SF: As we finish up today’s conversation I’m going to steer the conversation toward some questions of economic policy. In preparation for this dialog I asked WS to check with WS faculty and students for economic issues relevant too this election season. WS, what [...]