Question

Answer the following questions about Julie Nelson’s “The Masculine Mindset of Economic Analysis” (Chronicle of Higher Education 42 (42), June 28, 1996). Be sure to include a citation to the source article. 1. How does the central model of economics view people? What characteristics are contrary to this description? What is the stereotypical gender association of each set of characteristics? 2. What are the characteristics of traditional economic analytical methods? What characteristics are contrary to those of the traditional economic analytical methods? What are the stereotypical gender associations? 3. What does “a priori theorizing and disembodied technique” mean? Why does Nelson argue that this is a problem for the discipline? 4. What is Nelson advocating for the discipline?

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