Since no one's mentioned it..... I don't know the timing regarding when the women's movement began listening to one another's stories versus when economists began telling "stories", but women's understanding of what is happening to women in the economy (and elsewhere) has not been captured by most economic theories and an important part of the formation of feminist theory has been listening to stories of what has happened and trying to understand and build from those stories as well as from broader understandings. Marianne Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 15 Feb 1995 05:37:39 -080, Allin Cottrell writes: >On Tue, 14 Feb 1995, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> When did economists start (over)using the word "story"? Anyone know the >> pedigree of turn of phrase? > >I can't give a history, but I take Doug's point. Seems to me the term >'story' is very much part of the 'model'/'story' pair. That is, >neoclassical econ having become excessively enamoured of mathematical >models -- to the point where their manipulation becomes the sole truly >legitimate occupation of the professional economist -- any attempt to >motivate such models by reference to certain features of the real, or >to interpret the results obtained in terms of real processes, is set >off as 'story'-telling. > >========================== >Allin Cottrell >Department of Economics >Wake Forest University >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >(910) 759-5762 >==========================
