Talk:Nancy Folbre

Biography assessment rating comment
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Could easily be a B.

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Economics of Gender assignment
Proposed Revisions

Marsge01 (talk) 18:15, 15 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I think the biggest hurdle to expanding and improving this article is finding reliable sources that address Folbre in depth and in detail. Particularly needed are sources that are about Folbre to verify biographical details and secondary sources that address and analyze her economic philosophy. The sectioning of this article is also less than ideal. If content is being added, it might makes more sense to change the order or sectioning of what's there now. Gobōnobo  + c 00:15, 16 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I really appreciate the suggestions. So far, I haven't found very much biographical information to add regarding Folbre - that is, other than references to conferences that she has presented at.  I've only found a few of these, but with a little more digging, I might be able to find enough to make it worthwhile to expand her professional activities section.  However, my primary aim was to expand (or create) sections regarding her mjor written works.  She's a very prolific writer, and I couldn't cover everything, but in addition to her books, there are a few key journal articles that stand out that I'd like to summarize.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marsge01 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 20 October 2012 (UTC)


 * That sounds great. Folbre's CV has a fair amount of useful information on her education, employment history, and works. This interview could be a good source as could this review of The Invisible Heart. Gobōnobō  + c 06:45, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Feedback on the addition of Folbre's intellectual contributions
These two sections constitute an impressive addition that seeks to provide summaries and highlights of Folbre's important books and selected articles. It is in an annotated bibliography style, which is useful, but this style cannot draw out the persistent themes in her analysis and how her arguments may have evolved over time. What is important to do is to add some general comments in the Focus section, situating Folbre's work in feminist economics. Also, some of the book summaries could be expanded a bit more. For example, in the last paragraph on Who Pays for the Kids?, the three foci could be elaborated more to indicate what exactly her points are. Since you are writing for a broad audience, it is important not to leave general points unaccompanied by a sentence that either illustrates it with an example or briefly elaborates on it. In Valuing Children, it is important to mention that she estimates the cost of children to parents using US survey data (add survey name, year, and the US--always important any time you are summarizing an empirical study). In the case of this book, in particular, there is scope to connect her efforts to the whole accounting project and write as a (more) knowledgeable commentator. I've added a number of links to other Wikipedia articles but there is more work here. It is especially important to add links to feminist economics, labor economics concepts and authors (e.g. unpaid work). Also, you should visit related Wikipedia articles and put links to Nancy Folbre in those articles. BerikG (talk) 05:37, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * One more thing: is there any reason why the articles are not chronologically listed? I think they should be (from oldest to more recent). Also, thinking further about how to make themes more explicit in these reviews, you could actually add a sentence or two on how a later book (article) continues a particular theme, but that this time the emphasis is more on x, for example. This way you make the thread explicit and make the writing more analytical.BerikG (talk) 05:46, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Dates
born August 1952, got her B.A. in 1971 -- is this right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.173.223.242 (talk) 15:13, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
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