Screwnomics: How Our Economy Works Against Women and Real Ways to Make Lasting Change

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The personal is not only political, its also economic and sexual: as a society, were encouraged to view economics as objective science far removed from uswhen in reality it has concrete and far-reaching effects on our everyday lives.
, Rickey Gard Diamond shares personal stories, cartoons, and easy-to-understand economic definitions in her quest to explain the unspoken assumptions of 300 years of EconoMansplainingthe economic theory that women should always work for less, or better for free. It unpacks economic definitions, turns a men-only history on its head, and highlights female experiences and solutions. encouraging female readers to think about their own economic memoir and confront our systems hyper-masculine identity.
offers female readers hope for a better, more inclusive futureand the tools to make that hope a reality.

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2019 IPPY Silver Medal Winner in Women's Issues Diamonds wit and charm, combined with Todds quirky art, succeed in creating an economic primer thats both informative and funA smart, comprehensive economics guide with a feminist twisther experience as a novelist, journalist, and professor are all brought to bear to demystify difficult concepts" Kirkus Reviews "Very, very highly recommended for the average woman who seeks a better understanding of how the American financial system works, why it's so often stacked against females, and what to do about it." Midwest Book Review A timely critique, and needed story. Masculinitys measure by money is not only ludicrous, its getting downright dangerous. Nomi Prins, former managing director, Goldman Sachs, and author of All the Presidents Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power Screwnomics tells it as it isand shows that it does not have to be this way. We can build a more humane economy. Riane Eisler, Author of The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics & The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future. "Important workmay there be many more women's voices in economics! And long may the existing work of women economists be acknowledged in this way." Jane Gleeson-White, author of Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance and Six Capitals: or Can Accountants Save the Planet "A hopeful book that shows changes are not only possible, but necessary, and are already happening where women have a say." Les Leopold of The Labor Institute, author of Runaway Inequality. This smart and brave new book is not only educational and insightful, but damn fun reading. In this #metoo time, it could not be more timely. Bronwyn Fryer, author and former Senior Editor at Harvard Business Review Banking in the public interest is only one of Diamond's topics, but its implications are huge, especially for small businesses where women's numbers are growing. Ellen Brown, Public Banking Institute, Democracy Collaborative, and author of Web of Debt and The Public Banking Solution We so much need this kind of book. Im sending this to members of my old 1970s collective, Men Against Patriarchy; there will be rejoicing. George Lakey, author of Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got it Right and How We Can Too Everyone can learn something from Screwnomics. It takes apart our economic assumptions and practices, piece by painful piece, to show underlying bias and inequity. It also gives us toolsfor learning conversations. Gwendolyn Hallsmith, author of Creating Wealth: Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies and LASER: Local Action for Sustainable Economic Renewal Rickey Gard Diamonds life experience provides clear guidance.Required reading for achieving full gender equality and human rights! Hazel Henderson, author of Creating Alternative Futures: The End of Economics and Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy "In time to capitalize on the #MeToo movement, Diamond, fiction writer and author of the award-winning series An Economy of Our Own for Vermont Woman, dissects the foundation of economics: what it is and why it must change, from the female point of view. She simplifies the complexCDOs and Pareto efficiency, for just two examplesand streamlines everyday money talkNo one is spared, from Congress to economists such as Milton Friedman. Diamonds solutions are logical yet will spark debate among all demographics, all geographies." Barbara Jacobs, Booklist

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Rickey Gard Diamond began writing in the midst of big political change and growing American differences. In 1985, she became founding editor of Vermont Woman, where she continues today as a contributing editor. She taught writing and literature, feminist and media studies at Vermont College of Norwich University for over 20 years, while publishing articles and short fiction. In 1999, Calyx Books published her novel, Second Sight, which was reissued by HarperCollins in 2000. Her short fiction, published in literary journals, was recently issued as a collection titled Whole Worlds Could Pass Away. She was awarded a Hedgebrook fellowship in 2014 to create a book on economics that she envisioned would include cartoons and be readable and even humorous.