Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus: Gender, Law, and Society

Pt. I. Law and economics and neoclassical economic theory. 1. Economic rhetoric, economic individualism, and the law and economics school / Terence Dougherty -- 2. The demoralization of economics: can we recover from Bentham and return to Smith? / Deirdre McCloskey -- 3. Separative and soluble selves: dichotomous thinking in economics / Paula England -- pt. II. Feminism confronts neoclassical economic theory and law and economics. 4. Playing with fire: feminist legal theorists and the tools of economics / Neil H. Buchanan -- 5. Feminism and eutrophic methodologies / Douglas A. Kysar -- 6. Private property, the private subject, and women: can women truly be owners of capital? / Elizabeth Mayes -- 7. Nest eggs and stormy weather: law, culture, and black women's lack of wealth / Regina Austin -- 8. Deconstructing the state-market divide: the rhetoric of regulation from workers' compensation to the World Trade Organization / Martha T. McCluskey -- pt. III. The costs of the free market: theories of collective responsibility and the withering away of public goods. 9. Cracking the foundational myths: independence, autonomy, and self-sufficiency / Martha Albertson Fineman -- 10. The politics of economics in welfare reform / Martha T. McClusky -- 11. Deterring "irresponsible" reproduction through welfare reform / Linda C. McClain -- 12. Feminist economics: implications for education / Myra H. Strober -- pt. IV. Feminism, economics, and labor. 13. The new face of employment discrimination / Katherine V.W. Stone -- 14. Contingent labor: ideology in practice / Risa L. Lieberwitz -- 15. Commodification and women's household labor / Katherine B. Silbaugh -- 16. Is there agency in dependency? Expanding the feminist justifications for restructuring wage work / Laura T. Kessler -- pt. V. Economics and intimacy: gendered economic roles and the regulation of intimate relationships. 17. What do women really want? Economics, justice, and the market for intimate relationships / June Carbone -- 18. Can families be efficient? A feminist appraisal / Ann Laquer Estin -- 19. Some concerns about applying economics to family law / Margaret F. Brinig -- 20. The business of intimacy: bridging the private-private distinction / Martha M. Ertman.