Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Part 1 Herstory of economics 1 INTO THE MARGIN! 2 A HERETICAL VIEW OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION 3 VARIETIES OF DEPRIVATION Comments on chapters by Pujol and Hutchinson Part II Economic theory 4 HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE GENDER EARNINGS GAP A response to feminist critiques AND DIVISION OF WORK IN THE FAMILY A game theoretic model of household decisions 6 TOWARD A FEMINIST, POST-KEYNESIAN THEORY OF INVESTMENT A consideration of the socially and emotionally constituted nature of agent knowledge 7 ECONOMIC THEORY AND FEMINIST THEORY Comments on chapters by Polachek, Ott, and Levin Part III Interpreting economics 8 THE ECONOMIST AS STORYTELLER What the texts reveal 9 READING NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS Toward an erotic economy of sharing 10 FEMINIST INTERPRETIVE ECONOMICS Comments on chapters by Strassmann and Polanyi, and Feiner Part IV Economic measurement 11 THE EMPIRICAL CHALLENGES OF FEMINIST ECONOMICS The example of economic restructuring 12 MEASURING EQUALITY IN OPPORTUNITY 2000 13 TOWARD A FEMINIST ECONOMETRICS 14 ECONOMIC MEASUREMENT Comments on chapters by MacDonald, Perrons and Redmount Part V Empowerment of women 15 THE USE AND ABUSE OF NEOCLASSICAL THEORY IN THE POLITICAL ARENA The example of family and medical leave in the United States 16 WOMEN AND CHILDREN LAST A feminist redefinition of privatization and economic reform 17 GENDER, PROPERTY, AND LAND RIGHTS Bridging a critical gap in economic analysis and policy 18 THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

About the Author

Susan Feiner, Edith Kuiper, Notburga Ott, Jolande Sap, Zafiris Tzannatos

Reviews

Tzannatos"This volume [is one of] only two books that tackle the challenging questions of what constitutes feminist economics. As such, "Out of the Margin will be widely referenced and is an indispensable addition to academic libraries. Contributors successfully convey the scope of the feminist critique of neoclssical economics and begin to develop alternative theoretical constructs upon which economics could be based."
-"CHOICE, 1/96
"The pieces in the book are very thought provoking."
-Journal of Economic Issues