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Jayati Ghosh by Prarthna Singh and Najah Aouaki by Ruby Cruden
Why we need a feminist economy: 'Economic growth is a means to an end'
Women’s rights, and LGBTQ+-rights and human rights are under threat worldwide. In a world where conservative movements are – often successfully – countering the progress that feminists have made, with less and less funding and means, it is important to shed light on those working at the forefront of the feminist movements, trying to secure an equal and just world for all.
“When we wake up, we’re not just thinking: I need to earn more money, I need more material gain. You wake up, spend time with your partner or child, or enjoy a walk. Over time, we’ve forgotten that economic growth is a means to an end. Now financial gain has become a goal in itself. When you reduce economics to just the domain of things you can commodify and sell, you reduce humans to this neoliberal image of humanity,” states Najah Aouaki, a Dutch economist and urban strategist in conversation with Jayati Ghosh, a renowned Indian economist. They dive into the inequality of our current economic system, the failure of funding feminist and women’s labor, and the exciting possibility of a feminist economy.
