Katrine Marçal – författare

Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, believed that our actions stem from self-interest and the world turns because of financial gain. But every night Adam Smith's mother served him his dinner, not out of self-interest but out of love.Today, economics focuses on self-interest and excludes our other motivations. It disregards the unpaid work of mothering, caring, cleaning and cooking and its influence has spread from the market to how we shop, think and date. In this engaging takedown of the economics that has failed us, Katrine Marçal journeys from Adam Smith's dinner table to the recent financial crisis and shows us how different, how much better, things could be.

WATERSTONES BEST POLITICAL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL ‘I am absurdly excited for this book’ Caroline Criado Perez Bestselling author Katrine Marçal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back. Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to menBut it doesn’t have to be this way. From the beginning of time, women have been pivotal to our society, offering ingenious solutions to some of our most vexing problems. More recently, it is women who have transformed the way we shop online, revolutionised the lives of disabled people and put the climate crisis at the top of the agenda.Despite these successes, we still fail to find and fund the game-changing ideas that could alter the future of our planet, giving just 3% of venture capital to female founders. Instead, ingrained ideas about men and women continue to shape our economic decisions; favouring men and leading us to the same tired set of solutions.For too long we have underestimated the consequences of sexism in our economy, and the way it holds all of us – women and men – back. Katrine Marcal’s blistering critique sets the record straight and shows how, in a time of crisis, the ingenuity and intelligence of women is that very thing that can save us.

WATERSTONES BEST POLITICAL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL ‘I am absurdly excited for this book’ Caroline Criado Perez Bestselling author Katrine Marçal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back. Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to menBut it doesn’t have to be this way. From the beginning of time, women have been pivotal to our society, offering ingenious solutions to some of our most vexing problems. More recently, it is women who have transformed the way we shop online, revolutionised the lives of disabled people and put the climate crisis at the top of the agenda.Despite these successes, we still fail to find and fund the game-changing ideas that could alter the future of our planet, giving just 3% of venture capital to female founders. Instead, ingrained ideas about men and women continue to shape our economic decisions; favouring men and leading us to the same tired set of solutions.For too long we have underestimated the consequences of sexism in our economy, and the way it holds all of us – women and men – back. Katrine Marcal’s blistering critique sets the record straight and shows how, in a time of crisis, the ingenuity and intelligence of women is that very thing that can save us.

WATERSTONES BEST POLITICAL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL‘I am absurdly excited for this book’ Caroline Criado PerezBestselling author Katrine Marçal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back. Every day, extraordinary inventions and innovative ideas are side-lined in a world that remains subservient to menBut it doesn’t have to be this way. From the beginning of time, women have been pivotal to our society, offering ingenious solutions to some of our most vexing problems. More recently, it is women who have transformed the way we shop online, revolutionised the lives of disabled people and put the climate crisis at the top of the agenda.Despite these successes, we still fail to find and fund the game-changing ideas that could alter the future of our planet, giving just 3% of venture capital to female founders. Instead, ingrained ideas about men and women continue to shape our economic decisions; favouring men and leading us to the same tired set of solutions.For too long we have underestimated the consequences of sexism in our economy, and the way it holds all of us – women and men – back. Katrine Marcal’s blistering critique sets the record straight and shows how, in a time of crisis, the ingenuity and intelligence of women is that very thing that can save us.

¿Por qué tardamos cinco milenios en añadir ruedas a una maleta?¿Cómo nos llevaron los sujetadores a la luna? Y ¿cómo sería el mundo si escucháramos a las mujeres? La autora best seller Katrine Marçal nos muestra las sorprendentes formas en que nuestras ideas sobre el género, muy arraigadas, nos impiden avanzar. Todos los días se ignoran inventos extraordinarios e ideas innovadoras en un mundo que continúa al servicio de los hombres. Pero no tiene por qué ser así. Desde los orígenes de los tiempos, las mujeres han tenido un papel clave en la sociedad y han ofrecido soluciones ingeniosas para algunos de los problemas más irritantes. Recientemente, han sido ellas quienes han transformado la manera en que compramos por internet, revolucionado la vida de personas con diversidad funcional y hecho del cambio climático una prioridad política.A pesar de estos éxitos, todavía nos cuesta encontrar y financiar ideas rompedoras que podrían cambiar el futuro del planeta, y solo destinamos el tres por ciento del capital de riesgo a proyectos fundados por mujeres. Nuestros prejuicios sobre hombres y mujeres siguen determinando nuestras decisiones económicas. Durante mucho tiempo, hemos subestimado las consecuencias del machismo y la forma en que ha frenado el desarrollo económico y social. La contundente crítica de Katrine Marçal deja las cosas claras y nos demuestra cómo, en tiempos de crisis, la creatividad e inteligencia de las mujeres es precisamente lo que puede salvarnos.Una llamada de atención sobre los efectos del machismo en la economía y la tecnología

Vänstern vid randen av den fjärde industriella revolutionen ingår i en serie essäer om vänsterns idéarv. Timbro förlags essäserie presenterar nya och gamla svar på eviga frågor om människan, samhället och politiken. Nya svenska originaltexter varvas med översättningar.

Sockerfritt, fettfritt, glutenfritt, laktosfritt, fritt från animaliskt, fritt från tillsatser, fritt från soja, fritt från kolhydrater, fritt från mat?Vårt förhållande till mat avslöjar mycket om oss själva och vår tid. I Varning för mat samlas matskribenter, journalister, forskare och experter för att reda ut hur mat gick från att vara något livsnödvändigt till att betraktas som något potentiellt livsfarligt.Varför äter somliga bara rå mat? Är måltidens gemenskap hotad när alla runt bordet följer sin egen diet? Vad säger dieten om din sociala status? Hur kan föräldrar undvika att sprida sin mat-oro till barnen? Vilken roll spelar medierna, matlarmen och filterbubblorna för vår syn på mat? Kan vi lita på forskningen?Medverkande skribenter: Jenny Jewert (red.) Amina Manzoor Carl Cederström Claude Fischler Daniel Rydén Ebbe Schön Emanuel Karlsten Emma Frans Jenny Damberg Jonas Engman Katrine Marçal Pelle Pelters Po Tidholm Sara Ask Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson