Traditional economics 'biased towards masculine perspectives'
Labour leadership contender Yvette Cooper has called for a 鈥渇eminist approach to the economy鈥.
It has been a branch of economic thinking for a long time, but what does it mean in practice?
Feminist economics shows how the models and methods of traditional economics are biased towards masculine perspectives and masculine topics, said Oxford University's Prof Jane Humphries (pictured above).
"Equality is economic sense," said Polly Trenow of the Women's Budget Group.
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