Folbre, Nancy

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FOLBRE, Nancy

FOLBRE, Nancy. American. Genres: Economics. Career: Bowdoin College, assistant professor of economics, 1980-83; New School for Social Research, assistant professor of economics, 1983-85; University of Massachusetts, associate professor of economics, 1984-91, professor of economics, 1991-. Visiting professor, visiting lecturer, visiting scholar at universities worldwide. Consultant. Publications: (ed.) Women's Work in the World Economy, 1991; Who Pays for the Kids?: Gender and the Structures of Constraint, 1994; (with the Center for Popular Economics) A Field Guide to the U.S. Economy, 1987, rev. expanded ed. as The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Economic Life in America, 1995, as The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Economic Life in America, 2000; (ed.) The Economics of the Family, 1996; (with R. Albelda and the Center for Popular Economics) The War on the Poor: A Defense Manual, 1996; The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values, 2001. Contributor of professional articles to periodicals. Contributor to books. Address: University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics, Amherst, MA 01003, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]