Description |
xx, 386 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
A woman's reckoning : an introduction to the international economic system -- A calling to account : who developed the UNSNA [UN System of National Accounts] and why -- The boundary of conception : how the UNSNA makes women invisible -- Nothing sexist here : statisticians in action -- The statistical conspiracy : sources for the national accounts -- Villainy and incompetence : problems economists see in their own system -- The value of death : how war, poverty, and poisons help the economy -- A value on your time : women, children, and the economics of reproduction -- The eye of the beholder : the UNSNA as applied patriarchy -- "Your economic theory makes no sense" : economics and the explotation of the planet -- If counting were the limit of intelligence : my search for an alternative to the UNSNA -- Glimpsing the whole : a new model for global aconomics -- Epilogue : a call to action |
Analysis |
Child rearing |
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Economic conditions |
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Housework |
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Key item |
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National accounts |
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Overseas item |
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Sex discrimination |
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Women |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-364) |
Subject |
Sex discrimination against women.
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Sex discrimination in national income accounting.
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Women -- Economic conditions.
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Women -- Employment.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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LC no. |
zbn90040731 |
ISBN |
0062509330 (hbk) |
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0062509403 (paperback) |
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