Susan Himmelweit
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Open University
I'm Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Open University and the coordinator of the Policy Advisory Group of the Women's Budget Group. I'm a feminist economist, and this means that my research is on the boundaries between the economy and the family, which is where most gender issues in economics arise.
EXPs by Susan Himmelweit
Feminist economics looks at the economy from the point of view of women's lives as much as men's lives, and it differs from mainstream economics, which tends to take men's lives as the norm.
Care has largely been ignored in economics until quite recently. People not only need to eat, but they also need to be cared for.
I would like to see care as part of the public sector. I think it would improve its quality and ensure that everybody got the care that they needed.