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Economics is meant to offer an objective way of looking at the world. But some worry that it falls short Proponents of feminist

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问题    Economics is meant to offer an objective way of looking at the world. But some worry that it falls short Proponents of feminist economics believe that, both in terms of methodology and focus, economics is too much of a man’s world. This is not just because women are under-represented in the science. 【F1】They also, perhaps more importantly, worry that by asking the wrong questions, economics has cemented (consolidated’) gender inequality rather than helping to solve it. How do feminist economists want to change it?
   According to Alfred Marshall, a founding father of the science, economics is "the study of men as they live and think and move in the ordinary business of life." 【F2】Mr. Marshall’s casual allusion to "men" captures what feminist economists believe is the first major problem with economics, a habit of ignoring women. The economy, they argue, is often thought of as the world of money, machines and men. This is reflected in how GDP is measured. Wage labor is included; unpaid work at home is not. 【F3】Not only is this way of measuring GDP arbitrary (care is included in "production" when paid for on the market, but not when supplied infonnally), but because women contribute the bulk of care around the world, it also systematically undervalues their contribution to society.
   When it comes to public policy, feminist economists think that gender equality is valuable in and of itself, not just as a means of promoting growth. They also consider the effects of public policy on women. Feminist economics also criticizes the methods used within the standard models taught to undergraduates for overlooking fundamental drivers of gender inequality. 【F4】Feminist economists might point out that if a woman’s preferences have been formed by a society with strong ideas about what women should do, then presenting her choice as a free one could be misleading.
   Proponents of feminist economics have won many battles. 【F5】GDP might still not include unpaid care, but increasingly international agencies like the United Nations rely on broader measures of progress than cash income, including health and wellbeing. Julie Nelson, a feminist economist, writes in the Journal of Economic Perspectives that "many readers may have discovered that they are already doing ’feminist economics’ in some ways, although they have preferred to think of themselves as just doing ’good economies’". Indeed, feminist economists wish they lived in a world where the label need not exist.
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答案马歇尔先生对“男性”概念的偶然暗指正是女性主义经济学家眼中经济学的首要问题，即一种忽视女性的惯性思维。
解析 ①此句虽不算太长，但结构较复杂。to“men”作后置定语，修饰主语allusion。②captures的宾语由what引导的名词性从句充当，此名词性从句中，feminist economists believe可视为插入成分，表明该名词性从句所述的问题是何人的看法。③逗号后的名词短语是前面major problem with economics的同位语，起补充说明此主要问题的作用。
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