Feminist economics takes a new look at the field's themes and approaches, introducing new knowledge nd tools for achieving gender equality.

Economics as a science was conceived of and sustained by men to serve a society run by men. It is also the least feminized of the social sciences: less than a quarter of all economists are women. By lifting the veil on the seeming neutrality of this field's concepts and analyses, Hélène Périvier sheds light on the workings and wellsprings of a societal arrangement sprung from a patriarchal model centered around Mr. Breadwinner, while Mrs. Homemaker has become Ms. Breadcrumbs.