Reviews for Introduction to International Economics, Study Guide

The average rating for Introduction to International Economics, Study Guide based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-02-12 00:00:00 Nick Bulmer The Good: I enjoyed her views on the sexuo-economic relation between men and women, her proposition of re-constituting the "home" to professionalize household duties, her striving towards a society of equal rights to housing, education and income where women are integrated into the social structure without artificial gender roles (she is a utopian feminist after all), and her belief that the economic independence of women will rectify the many ills she sees as consequences of women's dependence on men for their livelihoods (such as over-sexualization of women, poor parenting, lack of friendship between men/women/husband/wife, disconnection of women from "communal society"). The Bad: straight up Social Darwinist and probably eugenicist; lots of emphasis on "reason vs nature" (which is strange because she at least recognizes that structures like gender roles and what we think of women's "nature" are artificial, but still veers towards essentialism); excuses women's oppression as a "necessity in the process of social evolution" and uses this line of thought to basically say "women don't need to be oppressed anymore because of our present economic conditions, so inevitably our liberation is imminent!" which clearly, to her great disbelief, is not the nature of social change.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-03-21 00:00:00 Ryan Sculley Since this is a work of non-fiction, this book is a little dry but comprehensive of woman's financial dependency in the 19th century. It shows that society focuses more on getting women married than helping them grow as individuals and monetizing their work. Perkins Gilman presents solid arguments for more female economic autonomy, but she talks maily about middle/upper class women. Also, ther is a smidgen of racism in here. It's an important work even with all it's flaws and it's still relevant today.