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Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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A feminist critique of new-liberalism. How do you get your dinner? That is the basic question of economics. It might seem easy, but it is actually very complicated.  When economist and philosopher Adam Smith proclaimed that all our actions were motivated by self-interest, and that the world turns because of financial gain, he laid the foundations for 'economic man’.  Selfish and cynical, 'economic man' has dominated our thinking ever since – he is the ugly rational heart of modern day capitalism. But, every night, Adam Smith's mother served him his dinner, not out of self-interest, but out of love. Even today, the unpaid work of mothering, caring, cleaning, and cooking is not part of our economic models. All over the world, there are economists who believe that if women are paid less, it’s because their labour is worth less.  In this engaging, popular look at the mess we're in, Katrine Marçal charts the myth of economic man, from its origins at Adam Smith's dinner table, its adaptation by the Chicago School, and, finally its disastrous role in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis  — and invites us to kick out economic man once and for all.
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charl08
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Books I wanted to buy...

BookishMarginalia Yes! So many good books! #TBRtemptation 3y
charl08 @BookishMarginalia so very tempting... 3y
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Local_Book_Dork
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Highly recommended for anyone who studies or follows Econ, or any human who exists in a marketplace, really.

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Emilymdxn
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Amazing intro to feminist economics, slightly simplistic writing style but once I got into the voice I was hooked. I recommend to anyone particularly younger readers or people who think they don‘t understand much about economics. Starting from the premise that modern western economics was started by a man who never acknowledged his mum who got his dinner for him for free his whole life and the many types of work it dismissed, I learned so much

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Great feminist economic critique. Going to be sharing this one with my daughter! #MountTBR

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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post! When I go to the bookstore, being the ?I am (and feeling like this ? when I walk out with some books), I browse just about every section of the store. And in the Economics section under New Releases, this one immediately caught my eye. I like the title and cover. And it's an Econ book recommended by *Margaret Atwood*, hello! It starts with the basic question, "how do you get your dinner?" #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?

Lola I saw this when it came out and thought it looked intriguing. Looking forward to your thoughts! 8y
whatthelog I loved this book! I don't know much about economics but it explained everything really clearly :-) 8y
Lacythebookworm That looks great! 👠8y
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MyNamesParadise Those emojis are perfect!! 8y
abbiereadsbooks I won an ARC of this one a while back and have yet to open it! I'll have to check it out. 8y
jessicarenee Love the cover! 8y
MrBook @Lola ğŸ˜ğŸ‘ğŸ»! @whatthelog Yess! Thank you for your insight 😊🙌ğŸ»! @Lacythebookworm Doesn't it ğŸ˜?! @MyNamesParadise 😂ğŸ‘🻠Thank you!! @abbiereadsbooks Ooh! Yes, do tell when read 😊ğŸ‘ğŸ»! @jessicarenee That's the first thing @BookBabe said too 😊ğŸ‘ğŸ»! 8y
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this was a great read about women and economics ?

"Gloria Steinem says feminism wasn't about women getting a bigger piece of the pie. Feminism was about baking a completely new pie. This has proved easier said than done. We added women to the mix and stirred. An entire generation interpertated the slick proclamation 'You can be anything' as 'You have to be everything.' 'Having it all' became 'doing it all.' ..."

#feministreads #nonfiction

mhillis Good review. It sounds interesting! 8y
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whatthelog I really liked this one! I knew nothing about economics but enjoyed it all the same 😄 8y
Erin01 @whatthelog I don't really know anything about economics either but I'm really enjoyed reading it so far & learning lots at the same time ☺ 8y
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Erin01
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some iced coffee & a new book to read = ☺

MrBook Ooh, this one sounds very interesting. Added 😊ğŸ‘ğŸ»! 8y
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Leah
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"Feminism has always been about economics. Virginia Woolf wanted a room of her own, and that costs money."

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Rhondareads
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Women& economics so timely perfect for discussion .Love the retro cover.

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Kelly
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oh, you mean Adam Smith got time to think thanks to his MOM taking care of him? How Thoreau of him.

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Kelly
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The intersection of feminism and economics is surprisingly in my wheelhouse.

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