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Brigitte Young

Brigitte Young is emerita professor of international political economy at the University of Münster. She received the Käthe Leichter State Prize of Austria in 2016 for her work on economics and gender equality.

Covid-19, women and the economy—it’s not all about care

Brigitte Young

There has been a macroeconomic blindspot in feminist narratives of the pandemic which unwittingly limits the scope of critique.

The German debt blindspot in the European crisis

Brigitte Young

The postwar German debt experience should inform a spirit of co-operation and goodwill today.