Thorstein Veblen as Evolutionary Feminist Economist of the Progressive Era

John Battaile Hall and Manuel Ramon de Souza Luz

Journal of Economic Issues, 2020, vol. 54, issue 2, 413-419

Abstract: Just prior to the turn of the twentieth century, Thorstein Veblen advanced an evolutionary approach to feminist economics. A host of scholars considered in this inquiry are noted to have endorsed and also furthered his tradition. What distinguishes Veblen’s evolutionary approach to feminist economics is that he emphasizes that the roots of private property can be related to women being taken captive through warfare during the Age of Savagery. Instincts affecting behavior are viewed as relative constants, but which take on an evolutionary character when considered against what Veblen defines as four stages of social and economic development.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2020.1752106

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