Economics needs feminism and feminism needs economics with Katrine Marçal

"Economics needs feminism and feminism needs economics. It's so key for solving the problems we have today. I firmly believe this is the perspective we need. This is what can fix our economic problems." - Katrine Marçal, author of "Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?" Adam Smith is considered the founding father of economics asking the question, "How do you get your dinner?" As he devised how rational self-interest and competition can lead to economic prosperity, he forgot about his own mother who got his dinner for him. So what does history tell us about the role of women in the economy? Vicki Saunders chats with Katrine Marçal, an expert in feminist economics and author of "Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?" about how economics forgot about women. In this episode, Katrine breaks down how innovation has been held back based on our ideas about gender and how through unpaid work of Adam Smith's own mother undervalues unpaid work's contribution to the economy. They also touch on: The underlying drive of the economy through self-interest. The need to think twice about our values of care and health. Why natural skills are not paid as much. The innovation myth where the drive to innovate is tied to the will to dominate and conquer the world. Why excluding women from economics changes our economies and how we work.  The significance of knowing how the economy works today. The challenge of the need to build something new. How funding women will transform the global economy. Katrine's new book called "Mother of Invention - How Good Ideas are Ignored in an Economy Built for Men" will be released in English in 2021. We invite you to become a SheEO Activator or apply to be a Venture at SheEO.World. Engage with Katrine Marçal on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Twitter: https://twitter.com/katrinemarcal/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katrinemarcal/ LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrine-marcal