Women in history of economic thought: Economics, literature and rhetoric in Marcet and McCloskey

Las mujeres en la historia del pensamiento económico: economía, literatura y retórica en Marcet y McCloskey

Liana Bohn () and Brena Paula Magno Fernandez ()

Estudios Economicos, 2023, vol. 040 (Nueva Serie), issue 80, 105-129

Abstract: History of Economic Thought traditionally relegated women and their contributions to a marginal place since the awakening of Economics as an autonomous discipline. The present paper goes against this trend, recovering the remarkable trajectory of one of the pioneer female economist, Jane Marcet (1769-1858), and contrasting her writings with the possibilities of doing “good economics” from different approaches, including Literature. This rescue takes place through McCloskey’s recommendations regarding the rhetoric in economics and the author’s affirmation that “Economics is Literature

Keywords: pioneer women in economics; Jane Marcet; feminist economics; economic thought; mujeres pioneras en economía; Jane Marcet; economía feminista; pensamiento económico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B12 B41 B54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.52292/j.estudecon.2023.3333

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