If Women Counted: A New Feminist Economics

If Women Counted: A New Feminist Economics by Waring, Marilyn. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780062509406.

This is a revolutionary and powerfully argued feminist analysis of modern economics, revealing how womans housework, caring of the young, sick and the old is automatically excluded from value in economic theory. An example of this pervasive and powerful process is the United Nation System of National Accounts which is used for wars and determining balance of payments and loan requirements. The author has also written "Women, Politics and Power" and is a formidable force in the politics of New Zealand, serving three terms in Parliament and helping bring down a Prime Minister. She holds a doctorate in political economy and was a visiting Fellow at Harvards Kennedy School of Government.