#92: Human economics and why it matters, gender bias in economics, the impact on women and why economists need to be more radical with Julie Nelson

Julie A. Nelson is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She was a founding member of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) and co-edited (with Marianne Ferber) the book Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics (sometimes called the “manifesto” of our field), published in 1993. Her most recent books are Economics for Humans (2nd edition) and Gender and Risk-Taking: Economics, Evidence, and Why the Answer Matters. Her shorter pieces have been published in journals ranging from Econometrica and the  Journal of Political Economy to Hypatia: Journal of Feminist Philosophy and Ecological Economics. She is editor of the Business Ethics and Economics section of the Journal of Business Ethics, and was the 2019 President of the Association for Social Economics.  We cover the following in our conversation: Women and risk taking Gender bias in economics and the impact on women Why economics is about people The need to be open to diverse views and perspectives How the field of economics should address 'real world problems' Why economists need to be more radical. ***