Heterodox Economics

What are feminist economics? Addressing institutional, empirical and methodological biases

Heterodox Economics 22.06.2020

We do not just think about the world,; we do not engage with others remotely; we are not disembodied selves. We are in the world. And economics is foremost a social science, despite a veneer of rigorous abstractions and technicalities that make up the bulk of the discipline’s claims to logical coherence. Feminist economics is not economics for women. Feminist economics scrutinises the foundational principles of economics through a gender lens to upend entrenched misconceptions the perpetuate socio-economic and political inequities. Gender is one account of social stratification that intersects with other markers of identity, including race, sexual orientation, age or ability.