You work as a columnist for a newspaper answering economic questions sent in by your readers. You received the following letter. Dear Budding Economist, I recently heard about a group of economists who call themselves “feminist economists”. How is their perspective of economics different from what I learned in my introductory economics course? A friend said that they are just a bunch of “economic man” haters. Is this true? Sincerely, Ms. Utility Maximizer Write a 3-4 page response to the above letter (double-spaced, size 12 Times New Roman font, 1 inch margins). This is an opportunity to demonstrate what you are learning in this course by referencing course authors, using terminology, exploring concepts, etc. Your response should: • Be written for your reading audience, whom possess some basic economic knowledge of neoclassical economics • Articulate how feminist economists approach the study of economics by examining the definition, methodology, and topics • Describe economic man and how “he” is understood through a feminist economics lens • Use examples from our authors who explored the home and carework as supporting evidence choose readings below as references Mankiw, Gregory. (2008) “Ten Principles of Economics”, and “Thinking Like an Economist” in Principles of Economics, pp. 1-48. Bergmann, Barbara. (2003) “The Job of Housewife,” in Women and the Economy: Reader, pp. 101-107. Nelson, Julie. (1995) “Feminism and Economics,” in Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9(2), pp. 131-148. Power, M. (2004) “Social Provisioning as a Starting Point for Feminist Economics,” in Feminist Economics 10 (3), pp. 3-19. Olmsted, Jennifer. (1997) “Telling Palestinian Womens’ Economic Stories”, in Feminist Economics, 3 (2), pp. 141-151. Agarwal, Bina. (1997) “’Bargaining’ and Gender Relations: Within and Beyond the Household,” Feminist Economics, 3(1), pp. 1-51.
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