“Home ec.” The words conjure images of high school girls concocting muffins, stitching aprons, dutifully preparing for life as wives and mothers. Forget all that. In her revelatory new book “The ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Virginia Postrel THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power ...

A reader recently sent me a forwarded email titled, ”The Good Wife’s Guide” that supposedly came from a 1950′s home economics textbook designed to prepare female high school students for married life.

This interview is part of our “Econ Extra Credit” project, where we read an introductory economics textbook provided by the nonprofit Core-Econ together with our listeners. When you think of taking an ...