Edith Kuiper - A Herstory of Economics

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2 Title Page A Herstory of Economics Edith Kuiper polity

3 Copyright Page Copyright Page Copyright © Edith Kuiper 2022 The right of Edith Kuiper to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2022 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3842-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3843-0 (pb) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Control Number: 2021946894 by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL The publisher has used its best endeavors to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

4 Women Economic Writers

5 Preface and Acknowledgments

6 IntroductionWhat is a herstory of economics? And why do we need it? Some context and central concepts Themes and structure of the book

7 1 The Emergence of Political EconomyIntroduction Œconomia or the study of household management Morality of the middle classes

8 2 Power, Agency, and Property RightsIntroduction The power of economic reasoning Women’s economic agency Property rights: Marriage as an economic institution Property rights: Slavery and colonialization

9 3 EducationIntroduction Education as women’s portal to culture and society Get your own education – start a school! Spreading the word: Teaching political economy and economics

10 4 Women’s Relation to Wealth: Capital, Money, and FinanceIntroduction Women’s loss of control over their capital Women’s attitude toward money The financialization of the economy

11 5 ProductionIntroduction Women’s participation in monetized and marketized production Gender segregation in industry Women minding their own business Notes

12 6 DistributionIntroduction 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

13 7 ConsumptionIntroduction Women economists theorizing consumption Consumption and environmental concerns

14 8 Government PoliciesIntroduction 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

15 9 Findings, Feminist Economics, and Further ExplorationsIntroduction 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

16 References

17 Index

18 End User License Agreement

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Edith Kuiper

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Copyright © Edith Kuiper 2022

The right of Edith Kuiper to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

First published in 2022 by Polity Press

Polity Press

65 Bridge Street

Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK

Polity Press

101 Station Landing

Suite 300

Medford, MA 02155, USA

All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.