A Herstory of Economics

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There were only a few women economists who made it to the surface and became a clear voice in the history of economic thought of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman, right? Wrong. In this book, distinguished economist Edith Kuiper shows us that the history of economic thought is just that—a his-story—by telling the “herstory” of economic thought from the perspective of women economic writers and economists. A lot of these women were well-known in their time but excluded from most of academic economics, and, over the past centuries, their work has been neglected, invisible, and forgotten. Edith Kuiper introduces the reader to an amazing crowd of female pioneers and shows how their insights are invaluable to understanding areas of economics ranging from production, work, the economics of the household, to income and wealth distribution, public policy, and much more. This path-breaking book presents a whole new perspective on the development of economic thought. It will be essential reading for all students and scholars of the history of economic thought and feminist economics.