Critiques of Traditional Economics
Although there is no definitive list of the principles of feminist economics, feminist economists offer a variety of critiques of standard approaches in economics. For example, prominent feminist economist Paula England provided one of the earliest feminist critiques of traditional economics as she challenged the claims that:
- That interpersonal utility comparisons are impossible;
- That tastes are exogenous and unchanging;
- That actors are selfish; and
- That household heads act altruistically.
This list is not exhaustive but does represent some of the central feminist economic critiques of traditional economics, out of the wide variety of such viewpoints and critiques.
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