Its good that more schools are teaching economics (even if the economics taught is often remorseless orthodox), but even now with more women visible in high profile economics-related jobs (not least the Chancellor), there remains a persistent 30/70 gender split in economics students (with men in the majority).
This both reflects & reinforces the gender imbalance in the profession... but then, Rachel Reeves is no great advert for what women economists might do differently!
#economics
h/t FT
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
npub1hr…f2ktj
2025-04-30 21:27:23
Author Public Key
npub1hr0x0gm9ksmvuvqwkyzfjuczv9pln83axuftxfhnq2maday69ypqtf2ktjSeen on
wss://relay.mostr.pubPublished at
2025-04-30 21:27:23Event JSON
{
"id": "05689dc003ad2165a7730466dc9967d6f3cfb5005781a30ba4f0b71fd6ad6eb4",
"pubkey": "b8de67a365b436ce300eb1049973026143f99e3d3712b326f302b7d6f49a2902",
"created_at": 1746048443,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"economics"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/114429030780898520",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.mostr.pub"
]
],
"content": "Its good that more schools are teaching economics (even if the economics taught is often remorseless orthodox), but even now with more women visible in high profile economics-related jobs (not least the Chancellor), there remains a persistent 30/70 gender split in economics students (with men in the majority).\n\nThis both reflects \u0026 reinforces the gender imbalance in the profession... but then, Rachel Reeves is no great advert for what women economists might do differently!\n\n#economics \nh/t FT",
"sig": "1397201a99f551ffc85d0367b8993940a8ea3f4521c17a079eb2bdb0ca7a691895864ffb2ec1cf66c503ceaaa94baf37b7cd0f4f331dc7399d45811180329cc8"
}