No, I am not writing about gay divorce in the wake of the marriage cases. I am writing about this Supreme Court’s vision of the separation of powers, and the Court’s conflcting decisions in the Voting Rights Act case decided… Read More ›
Month: June 2013
Marriage is So Gay
It came as no surprise yesterday that the Supreme Court did not rule in a Loving fashion on Prop 8, and I stand by my prediction of confusion, chaos, and court cases. But we have much to cheer about, including aspects… Read More ›
Supreme Dilemma: The Fight Over Marriage Equality
The U.S. Supreme Court will issue two rulings this week addressing the civil rights of gay and lesbian Americans. Neither the law nor justice have much predictive force with this Supreme Court, but there is some consensus among veteran court… Read More ›
Cover It Up, Ladies!
A recent viral YouTube video with a talk by swimwear designer Jessica Rey is making the rounds, where Rey essentially says “Cover it up, ladies! Men cannot control their gaze, so we better hide our bits from them!” Rey seems… Read More ›
Joan Robinson is Rolling in Her Grave
And not just because of the marginalization of Post-Keynesian economics or the current economic crisis. I expect that Patron Saint Joan Robinson would be disappointed to know that young women studying at the University of Cambridge do not know about… Read More ›
More Ladies Choosing to Be Old Maids
Oh Nancy Folbre, how I love thee economic analysis, let me count the ways… Professor Folbre recently wrote a column in the New York Times about the declining demand for husbands due to some economic circumstances changing rapidly while others… Read More ›
Can Breadwinner Moms Just Pay 77% for Their Groceries?
I was recently inspired by the senseless response of Miss Utah in answering the question, “A recent report shows that in 40 percent of American families with children, women are the primary earners, yet they continue to earn less than… Read More ›
Rocky Mountain Highlights: It’s A Great Time to Be a White Woman in Colorado (Sort of)
The Women’s Foundation of Colorado recently released the report, The Status of Women and Girls in Colorado. The Denver Post‘s headline, Report: Colorado women’s economic lives better now than a decade ago made me feel all warm and fuzzy for my… Read More ›
Economisses
Ladies have made serious inroads in economics over the past few decades, but we still got a lot of room to grow. In 1970, women were awarded 7% of economics PhDs, and as of the late 1990s that jumped to… Read More ›
Happy 50th Birthday Equal Pay Act!
Happy birthday Equal Pay Act! 50 years ago yesterday, on June 10th, 1963, President John F. Kennedy birthed the Equal Pay Act by pen, signing the amendment of the Fair Labor Standard Act into law and making it illegal to… Read More ›
Trust Me, I’m an Economist
Noah Smith, an associate professor of Finance at Stony Break University has recently called into question the entire discipline of Economics. He equates asking economists for a economy advice to asking two 14th century English physicians for a medical treatment;… Read More ›
Lady Economist 