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Gender, Metaphor, and the Definition of Economics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2008

Julie A. Nelson
Julie A. Nelson
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University of California, Davis
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Let me make it clear from the outset that my main point is not either of the following: one, that there should be more women economists and research on “women's issues” (though I think there should be), or two, that women as a class do, or should do, economics in a manner different from men (a position with which I disagree). My argument is different and has to do with trying to gain an understanding of how a certain way of thinking about gender and a certain way of thinking about economics have become intertwined through metaphor – with detrimental results – and how a richer conception of human understanding and human identity could broaden and improve the field of economics for both female and male practitioners.

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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , April 1992 , pp. 103 - 125
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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