April 27^th Wednesday 10.15- 12 hrs room 219

The lecture deals with the gender dimension of financial markets, both as regards its internal operations and its effects. We will also discuss how gender theory, and especially Butler, has contributed to a deeper understanding of what financial markets are.

Readings

Andersson Eric 2016, “Everyday Futures: the foundation of Financial Market stability in the performative social present”. Real-world economics review. Issue nr 75. http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue75/Andersson75.pdf (Links to an external site.)

Hozic, A. A. and True, J. 2016, Scandalous Economics: Gender and the Politics of Financial Crises. Oxford: Oxford University Press. E-book at UL chapt 4, 13