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Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story of Women and Economics
Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story of Women and Economics | Katrine Marçal
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A funny, clever, and thought-provoking examination of the myth of the "economic man" and its impact on the global economy How do you get your dinner? That is the basic question of economics. When economist and philosopher Adam Smith proclaimed that all our actions were motivated by self-interest, he used the example of the baker and the butcher as he laid the foundations for 'economic man.' He argued that the baker and butcher didn't give bread and meat out of the goodness of their hearts. It's an ironic point of view coming from a bachelor who lived with his mother for most of his life — a woman who cooked his dinner every night. Nevertheless, the economic man has dominated our understanding of modern-day capitalism, with a focus on self-interest and the exclusion of all other motivations. Such a view point disregards the unpaid work of mothering, caring, cleaning and cooking. It insists that if women are paid less, then that's because their labor is worth less. Economics has told us a story about how the world works and we have swallowed it, hook, line and sinker. This story has not served women well. Now it's time to change it. A kind of femininst Freakonomics, Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? charts the myth of economic man — from its origins at Adam Smith's dinner table, its adaptation by the Chicago School, and its disastrous role in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis — in a witty and courageous dismantling of one of the biggest myths of our time.
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charl08
charl08
Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story of Women and Economics | Katrine Marçal
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Books I wanted to buy...

BookishMarginalia Yes! So many good books! #TBRtemptation 3y
charl08 @BookishMarginalia so very tempting... 3y
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Local_Book_Dork
Local_Book_Dork
Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story of Women and Economics | Katrine Marçal
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Highly recommended for anyone who studies or follows Econ, or any human who exists in a marketplace, really.

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Emilymdxn
Emilymdxn
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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Pickpick

Amazing intro to feminist economics, slightly simplistic writing style but once I got into the voice I was hooked. I recommend to anyone particularly younger readers or people who think they don‘t understand much about economics. Starting from the premise that modern western economics was started by a man who never acknowledged his mum who got his dinner for him for free his whole life and the many types of work it dismissed, I learned so much

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Well-ReadNeck
Well-ReadNeck
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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Pickpick

Great feminist economic critique. Going to be sharing this one with my daughter! #MountTBR

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Well-ReadNeck
Well-ReadNeck
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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#TBRTuesday

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MrBook
MrBook
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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#TBRtemptation post! When I go to the bookstore, being the ?I am (and feeling like this ? when I walk out with some books), I browse just about every section of the store. And in the Economics section under New Releases, this one immediately caught my eye. I like the title and cover. And it's an Econ book recommended by *Margaret Atwood*, hello! It starts with the basic question, "how do you get your dinner?" #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?

Lola I saw this when it came out and thought it looked intriguing. Looking forward to your thoughts! 7y
whatthelog I loved this book! I don't know much about economics but it explained everything really clearly :-) 7y
Lacythebookworm That looks great! 👠7y
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MyNamesParadise Those emojis are perfect!! 7y
abbiereadsbooks I won an ARC of this one a while back and have yet to open it! I'll have to check it out. 7y
jessicarenee Love the cover! 7y
MrBook @Lola ğŸ˜ğŸ‘ğŸ»! @whatthelog Yess! Thank you for your insight 😊🙌ğŸ»! @Lacythebookworm Doesn't it ğŸ˜?! @MyNamesParadise 😂ğŸ‘🻠Thank you!! @abbiereadsbooks Ooh! Yes, do tell when read 😊ğŸ‘ğŸ»! @jessicarenee That's the first thing @BookBabe said too 😊ğŸ‘ğŸ»! 7y
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Erin01
Erin01
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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Pickpick

this was a great read about women and economics ?

"Gloria Steinem says feminism wasn't about women getting a bigger piece of the pie. Feminism was about baking a completely new pie. This has proved easier said than done. We added women to the mix and stirred. An entire generation interpertated the slick proclamation 'You can be anything' as 'You have to be everything.' 'Having it all' became 'doing it all.' ..."

#feministreads #nonfiction

mhillis Good review. It sounds interesting! 8y
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Erin01
Erin01
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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whatthelog I really liked this one! I knew nothing about economics but enjoyed it all the same 😄 8y
Erin01 @whatthelog I don't really know anything about economics either but I'm really enjoyed reading it so far & learning lots at the same time ☺ 8y
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Erin01
Erin01
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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some iced coffee & a new book to read = ☺

MrBook Ooh, this one sounds very interesting. Added 😊ğŸ‘ğŸ»! 8y
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Leah
Leah
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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"Feminism has always been about economics. Virginia Woolf wanted a room of her own, and that costs money."

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Rhondareads
Rhondareads
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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Women& economics so timely perfect for discussion .Love the retro cover.

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Kelly
Kelly
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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oh, you mean Adam Smith got time to think thanks to his MOM taking care of him? How Thoreau of him.

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Kelly
Kelly
Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?: a story about women and economics | Katrine Marçal
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The intersection of feminism and economics is surprisingly in my wheelhouse.

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