Feminist Economics Today

Beyond Economic Man

Author: Marianne A. Ferber and Julie A. Nelson

In this work, Ferber and Nelson look back at the progress of feminist economics and forward to its future, offering a thorough summary of feminist economic thought followed by original essays from the field's leading scholars.

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The 1993 publication of Marianne A. Ferber and Julie A. Nelson's Beyond Economic Man was a landmark in both feminist scholarship and the discipline of economics, and it quickly became a handbook for those seeking to explore the emerging connections between the two. A decade later, this book looks back at the progress of feminist economics and forward to its future, offering both a thorough overview of feminist economic thought and a collection of new, high-quality work from the field's leading scholars.

About the Author

Marianne A. Ferber is a professor emerita of economics and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Julie A. Nelson is Professor of Economics and Department Chair at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Development and Environment Institute of Tufts University. Both are associate editors of the journal Feminist Economics.