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SUMMARY:Introduction to Feminist Economics and issues of Gender in the Eco
 nomy - Prof. Nancy Folbre\, University of Massachussets\, Amherst.
DTSTART:20140115T130000Z
DTEND:20140115T140000Z
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CONTACT:marco schneebalg
DESCRIPTION:The Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism is very happy to 
 present the first talk of its Lent Lecture Series: "NOT in the curriculum"
 \, that will try to introduce students to economic issues not covered by E
 conomics degrees.\n\nThe first one of these topics is Feminist Economics. 
 \n\nFeminist economics is the critical study of economics attempting to ov
 ercome androcentric (male and patriarchal) biases. It focuses on topics of
  particular relevance to women\, such as care work or occupational segrega
 tion (exclusion of women and minorities from certain fields) and deficienc
 ies of economic models\, such as disregarding intra-household bargaining. 
 Feminist economists call attention to the social constructions of traditio
 nal economics\, questioning the extent to which it is positive and objecti
 ve\, and showing how its models and methods are biased towards masculine p
 references. \n\nFor more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_economics\
 n\nThis Introductory lecture will be presented by Nancy Folbre\, Professor
  of Economics at The University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. An internation
 ally-renowned authority on this subject\, she was President of the Interna
 tional Association for Feminist Economists in 2002\, and is an associate e
 ditor of the journal Feminist Economics. She has published many books incl
 uding "Greed\, Lust\, and Gender. A History of Economic Ideas" and "Valuin
 g Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family". \n\nShe also writes a
  regular economics column on the Economix Blog of the New York Times: http
 ://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/author/nancy-folbre/\n\nCome and bring your 
 friends!!!
LOCATION:Lecture Block\, Room 1\, Sidgwick Site
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