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Who cooked Adam Smith's dinner? : a story about women and economics / Katrine Marçal ; translated from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Swedish Publisher: New York ; London : Pegasus Books, June 2016Edition: First Pegasus books hardcover edition; American editionDescription: ix, 230 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781681774442
  • 1681774445
Uniform titles:
  • Enda könet. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 1381 .M3613 2016
Contents:
Preface to the American edition -- Prologue -- In which we climb into the world of economics and ask ourselves who Adam Smith's mother was -- In which we are introduced to economic man and realize that he is incredibly seductive -- In which it becomes apparent that economic man is not a woman -- In which we see that our pact with economic man isn't turning out as we had expected -- In which we add women and stir -- In which Las Vegas and Wall Street merge -- In which the global economy goes to hell -- In which we see that men are also not like economic man -- In which economic incentives aren't shown to be as uncomplicated as we might think -- In which we see that you aren't selfish just because you want more money -- In which we see that a negative number is still zero -- In which we all become entrepreneurs -- In which we see that the uterus isn't a space capsule -- In which we discover economic man's unforeseen depths and fears -- In which we see that the greatest story of our time only has one sex -- In which we will see that every society suffers in line with its bullshit : and we say goodbye -- Epilogue.

Originally published in Swedish as "Det enda könet: varför du är förförd av den ekonomiske mannen och hur det förstör ditt liv och värdsekonomin": Stockholm, Sweden : Bonnierförlagen AB, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-227) and index.

Preface to the American edition -- Prologue -- In which we climb into the world of economics and ask ourselves who Adam Smith's mother was -- In which we are introduced to economic man and realize that he is incredibly seductive -- In which it becomes apparent that economic man is not a woman -- In which we see that our pact with economic man isn't turning out as we had expected -- In which we add women and stir -- In which Las Vegas and Wall Street merge -- In which the global economy goes to hell -- In which we see that men are also not like economic man -- In which economic incentives aren't shown to be as uncomplicated as we might think -- In which we see that you aren't selfish just because you want more money -- In which we see that a negative number is still zero -- In which we all become entrepreneurs -- In which we see that the uterus isn't a space capsule -- In which we discover economic man's unforeseen depths and fears -- In which we see that the greatest story of our time only has one sex -- In which we will see that every society suffers in line with its bullshit : and we say goodbye -- Epilogue.

Translated from the Swedish.

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