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social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > feminism and social science > feminist economics
... > social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > philosophy and economics > heterodox economics > feminist economics
social science subjects > economics > schools of economics > heterodox economics > feminist economics
... > social science subjects > economics > economic concepts > schools of economics > heterodox economics > feminist economics

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feminist economics  

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  • Feminist critiques of economics emerged as a counterpoint to the economic theories built around core ideas of self-interested individualism and contractual exchange. The conceptual framework of 20th-century economics focused on the marketplace and relegated nonmarketed human interactions to its marginalized fringes or to other disciplines, largely ignoring economic life outside the market—arenas in which women's lives are disproportionately involved. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Feminist Economics]

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