Comments on: Economics is not a Boys Sport

By: brandon

brandon — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:29:33 +0000

Stick your neck out and say something Wes

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:00:23 +0000

Well, I had to ask; there was nothing on Yves Smith’s website or in the book on Amazon that indicated. I’m guessing her parents just didn’t know “Yves” was masculine name. Or maybe they’re the type that likes men’s names on women. I’ve met people like that.

By: Wes Rolley

Wes Rolley — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:01:24 +0000

Having followed both Intersection and Kahn’s Environmental and Urban Economics blogs for years, I find it easy to note how many fire away without reading. Economics has a system of ranking everything, even economists themselves. What Kahn wrote is that among the 1000 economists, there are 52 women and none of them blog. That does not exclude female bloggers on economics… just that none of them are ranked so high. Note also that there are only 52 women out of 1000. So it is rather an old boys school to begin with.

As for the other comments, there seems always to be a Brandon in every group.

By: brandon

brandon — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 01:26:57 +0000

Is it really that big of a secret? Women don’t take initiative on things. They figurehead consensus groups and respond to personal criticism by looking for approval or compatibility of rebellion. Anytime I read a woman’s book on anything, rest assured I’m going to find them quoting a bunch of people then doing a compare & contrast to see who becomes the expert. Instead of using independent principles that let you reason without having to pay attention to what various people think about an issue. I figure it has something to do with male genitalia following a process of growth, while female genitalia follows a process of stretching/expansion. If a man doesn’t learn how to thrust independently they’re going to have very little growth.

By: Jon Claerbout

Jon Claerbout — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:23:55 +0000

Here, for example, http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294958-5

By: Jon Claerbout

Jon Claerbout — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:41:19 +0000

Interesting question. When she appears on TV she looks and sounds like a woman to me. The name, however, may be a pseudonym.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:26:44 +0000

@ Jon Claerbout. Are you sure Yves Smith is a woman? Because “Yves” is a masculine name. The feminine is “Yvette”.

By: David Wescott

David Wescott — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:18:41 +0000

while I don’t agree with her all the time, I really like Lynne Kiesling at Knowledge Problem. I’ve read that blog for years. And she wrote about this too.

http://knowledgeproblem.com/2011/03/31/where-are-the-female-economist-bloggers/

By: Eric the Leaf

Eric the Leaf — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:40:33 +0000

Ever read Stoneleigh (Nicole Foss)? She is expert in finance and energy (including nuclear safety) and blogs regularly on both.

http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/

Also, check out her video in the series: “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” sponsored by The Nation:

http://www.thenation.com/video/157648/nicole-foss-we-need-freedom-action-confront-peak-oil

By: Curious Wavefunction

Curious Wavefunction — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:10:06 +0000

That’s akin to the vanishingly small number (one?) of Nobel Prize winning women economists. Just like certain branches of science, economics was for a long time a male-dominated profession (just think about the almost all-male members of the Chicago School). Hopefully things will change with time.