How Economics Forgot about Women

Katrine Marçal
TEDx Talks, 2015
Niveau: débutant
Perspective: Économie féministe
Sujet: Travail & soins, Race & Gender
Format: Lecture / Presentation
Durée: 00:12:14
Lien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnBEXUSNgQ8
How do we get our dinner? And who cooked Adam Smith's dinner? Starting with Smith's answer on the origin of a dinner, Katrine Marçal problematizes and illustrates how unpaid labour was and is still being ignored by economic theory and how the homo economics represents characteristics perceived as male.

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Tags: Adam Smith | care | economic theory | gender | homo economicus | reproductive labour | self-interest | unpaid labour
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Ce projet est le fruit du travail des membres du réseau international pour le pluralisme en économie, dans la sphère germanophone (Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik e.V.) et dans la sphère francophone (Rethinking Economics Switzerland / Rethinking Economics Belgium / PEPS-Économie France). Nous sommes fortement attachés à notre indépendance et à notre diversité et vos dons permettent de le rester ! 

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