04:23Luci Ellis, a Reserve Bank assistant governor, just spoke at the ACT launch of the Women in Economics Network in Parliament House in Canberra. The topic of her speech was “women in the economy and in economics,” and she made some fascinating points about the gender divide in Australia’s workforce. She also wondered if it was a good thing for society that finance was still dominated by men. Maybe funds management should be reconstructed as a ‘caring profession’, so we’re caring for peoples’ money. I’m actually serious with that proposal [more laughter], because I think how we socially construct these things is really important.

Source: The Guardian March 19, 2017 21:06 UTC