WWWforEurope Lecture Series: Welfare Beyond GDP – Some Insights From Feminist Economics

While standard macroeconomics relies on indicators of GDP and employment growth to judge the health of an economy, feminist and ecological economists have raised questions about the relation of such indicators to individual, social, and long-term global well-being. This talk will explore some dimensions of human well-being that have been neglected within the economics profession, including interpersonal relations and the work of caregiving. Recent work on the "economics of happiness" will be taken as a jumping-off point for noting where feminist insights can improve the definition, models, and methodology of economics.