Because work time and its control are unevenly distributed, it shapes opportunities across different groups in society, both reflecting and reinforcing existing forms of inequality. Work time flexibility is seen by many as a way to promote gender equality by increasing the ability of women to...

Thorstein Veblen, the founder of institutional economics, treated the study of "woman's place" as central to economic analysis, and his views on women's social and economic status were an integral part of both his critique of American society and mainstream economic thought. This presidential...

The economic crisis unleashed criticism of the economics profession in the popular press and raised discussions about the adequacy of traditional economics education to new levels. This paper considers how the criticism of traditional economics and economics education, highlighted by the crisis,...