Some reflections, in poetry and prose, on Barbara Bergmann's contributions to economic theory.

In this essay, I use personal experience in the markets debate to illustrate how relationships of power are used to silence opposing arguments and dominate debate. I argue that presentation of women's experience and building on previous research by feminists must be accepted as valid arguments...

To avow that gender is more than an independent--or dummy--variable is to posit the centrality of gender (as well as race and class) in economic analysis. Conventional economic methods tend to neglect the process by which gender interacts with and shapes other social forces and institutions. The...

This paper tries to assess whether the recent adoption by population establishment agencies of feminist language and concerns also embodies feminist visions and values, or whether it hides fundamental differences. In particular, the paper warns that this adoption may simply be an expression of...