In order to create a new economic model that is able to respond to the current climate crisis, we need to abandon the traditional, ‘masculine’ view of the economy as an aseptic machine and rethink it starting from the perspective of people and caring. Insights from Julie Nelson, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Boston specialising in ecological and feminist economics

What is the connection between gender roles, social norms, economic policies and inequalities? And why is it so important to analyse it to understand what is happening globally and to reduce disparities between men and women? We discussed this with Maurizio Bussolo, an economist who deals with gender gaps in South Asia at the World Bank