I became a feminist at age five, when it became obvious to me that you needed your own money to be an independent person, which was what I wanted to be when I grew up. – Barbara Bergmann * *… Read More ›
Economisses
Does Feminism Have a Narrative Problem? A Critique of the The Nation’s “The Curve”
Okay everyone, I have a confession to make: nothing makes me happier than having an intelligent discussion. I get starry-eyed over debates, I daydream over past clashes that I’ve won, and nothing makes my heart beat like that moment that my… Read More ›
Feministing’s the Academic Feminist Interviews Lady Economist
The editors of Lady Economist recently had the pleasure to talk to Gwendolyn Beetham, a/k/a the Academic Feminist, on Feministing.com. She asked about the blog, feminism in economics, and the inevitable question about Piketty that I imagine all economists are… Read More ›
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blog
Sometimes when I’m staring at a blank computer screen, the words of Steve Martin’s delightful 1996 New Yorker piece, “WRITING IS EASY!,” come back to me: “Writing is the most easy, pain-free, and happy way to pass the time of… Read More ›
Public Goods Providing Innovation
Economist Mariana Mazzucato addresses the private sector/public sector dichotomy with incentivizing entrepreneurship and provision of public goods that spur private innovation, and whether the two are that different after all, in this talk on the series Seminars on Long-term Thinking…. Read More ›
Faking It: Women, Impostor Syndrome and Academia
Impostor syndrome—the feeling that, regardless of your accomplishments, you’re still about to be unmasked as a fraud—is an all-too-common affliction among academics. Ironically, it’s the successful who tend to suffer from it: In order to feel like you’re faking it, you… Read More ›
Resource for the Lazy Feminist Economist
The peer-reviewed journal Feminist Economics is publishing a little cheat sheet for the economist that likes her feminist economics and gender research, but might not have the time to closely read each volume. (Or, like me, have the best intentions to… Read More ›
Love, Economics Style
This Valentine’s Day, I can’t help but think about all the economists who’ve been struck by Cupid’s arrow. Sure, charming blog posts joke about the “14 Ways to Say I Love You to An Economist” (hint: they’re all graphs), and… Read More ›
The Married Lady Economist Pay Penalty
Of the thousands of papers presented at the Allied Social Science Association meetings last weekend (the hugest economics conference in the country and perhaps the world), one hit particularly close to him for me. Wendy Stock of the University of… Read More ›
Lady Economists in an Economan’s World
Lady Economist is excited to be featured on Chronicle Vitae, a new website of the Chronicle of Higher Education, as columnists! Our first post is on lady economists and is cross-posted below. Check out Chronicle Vitae for our bi-monthly columns… Read More ›
Welcome Federal Reserve Chairwoman!
In a few minutes, President Obama will be announcing his nomination of Janet Yellen as the first female head of the Federal Reserve. Lady Economist will continue it’s coverage with a more analytical look at the relevance of having a… Read More ›
Feminist Economics Syllabus
Feminist economics is a thing that exists, which some non-economists are incredulous about when I tell them that is what I do. I’ve written about it a little bit on Lady Economist, but it’s always worth expanding on. Many economists… 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 ›
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 ›
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