eleanor 0strom was the first woman s economics lawyer, or the second. women has affected the kinds of subject study? has it left some of the subjects out of the equation? most definitely, notjust at the top of the profession but all through the profession. u nfortu nately not through the profession. unfortunately not enough women decide to study economics, not enough undergraduate students pick economics as a field. among them, not enough say in the phd programme and then continue to become researchers. and i think this is very damaging, because it really has an impact on what we study, because women and men have slightly different centres of interest. by the way, it is notjust women, it is also minorities, who are also underrepresented. in fact, also minorities, who are also underrepresented. infact, even more. and that deprives us as a field. economics is a social science, we should have a different perspective. you yourself have criticised the way we attempt to tackle poverty through economic theories, that simple problems beget simple solutions, lef