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This path breaking book - the first of its kind - critically evaluates the place of women in the development of the neoclassical school of economics. It traces the origin of the school's approach to women and exposes the bias in methodology and discourse which has characterized the school's treatment of women and their place in the capitalist economy. The roots of women's invisibility are sought first in the writings of Adam Smith. The work of John Stuart Mill subsequently allows a study of an isolated attempt to integrate a feminist awareness into economic theory. The limits in Mill's writings are contrasted to the more radical ideas of his feminist contemporaries: Harriet Taylor and Barbara Bodichon. The author then examines the debate on equal pay for men and women which took place between 1890 and 1925. In conclusion she critically evaluates the work of Marshall and Pigou.
This book by the late Michele Pujol makes a major contribution both to the history of economic thought and to women's history by exposing the ideological position which informs neoclassical theorizing on women and the contradictions this position creates within the paradigm.
Contents
With a new preface by Janet Seiz
Contents: Introduction Part I: Some Approaches to the Economic Status of Women Before 1890 1. Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor and Barbara Bodichon Part II: The Equal Pay Debates: 1890-1923 2. Introduction 3. Early Approaches by Economists and Feminists to Equal Pay, 1890-1914 4. Feminist Positions on Equal Pay for Equal Work During World War I 5. The Impending 'Debacle': Edgeworth on Equal Pay 6. Conclusion Part III: Women in the Economics of Marshall and Pigou 7. Introduction 8. Gender and Class in Marshall's 'Principles of Economics' 9. The 'Violent Paradoxes' of A.C. Pigou: Pigouvian Exploitation and Women's Wages 10. The 'Violent Paradoxes' of A.C. Pigou: Women in Pigou's Welfare System Conclusion
