Katrine Linda Mathilda Kielos (born 24 October 1983), known as Katrine Marçal from 2014 to 2023, is a Swedish author, journalist and correspondent for Swedish daily newspaper ''

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''.

Biography

Kielos was born in

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. She has served as chief editorialist of the Swedish newspaper ''

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'' where she mainly wrote articles about Swedish and international financial politics and feminism. She has a

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from

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and has also been a freelance writer for ''

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''s culture page. In 2013, the Swedish newspaper ''

'' awarded Kielos the third annual Lagercrantzen prize for critics. She received the Jolo Prize for Journalism in 2015. Kielos has interviewed leading economists and investors like

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and

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as part of her work for the Swedish financial news channel EFN. Her interview with former Greek finance minister

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about the European debt crisis has been viewed more than 1 million times on YouTube. In 2015, she was listed as one of

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Written works

Apart from her journalism, Kielos has also written two books so far. Most famous of these are ''Det enda könet'' (''The only sex'', in

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), discusses the relationship between economics and

patriarchy Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of authority are primarily held by men. The term ''patriarchy'' is used both in anthropology to describe a family or clan controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males, and in fem ...

, was nominated for the

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in 2012. An English translation by

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was published in the United Kingdom under the title ''

Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? ''Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story About Women and Economics'' () is a 2012 book by Swedish writer and journalist Katrine Marçal that offers a critique of economics. Marçal reveals historical neglect and underestimation of women's socie ...

''. The book has since been translated to 20 languages.

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called it "A smart, funny, readable book on economics, money ndwomen.".

''Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?''

The book ''

'' from 2012 written by Kielos is

feminist critique of economics Critique of political economy or simply the first critique of economy is a form of social critique that rejects the conventional ways of distributing resources. The critique also rejects what its advocates believe are unrealistic axioms, flawed ...

that aims to expose the historical neglect of women's roles, particularly in domestic spheres. Kielos questions the simplistic paradigm of the "economic man" and highlights the influence of neoliberal ideology within contemporary economic thought. She traces the evolution of economics, where a economistic outlook was first seen as absurd and taboo only to gradually become normalized, exemplified by Gary Becker's ideas. Kielos reflects on Keynes' prediction (that was pessimistic in terms of growth) of a world in 2030 where waged work gives way to art, poetry and contemplation, contrasting it with what she refers to as the contemporary obsession with economic thought. She underscores how the notion of the "rational individuals" blinds us to societal issues and as well as comments that ''"What is good for the rich and powerful is almost always 'good for the economy".''

Personal life

It was reported in 2012 that she was living in

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, England. She was formerly married to British garden designer Guy Marçal.

Bibliography

* 2012 – ''Det enda könet'' (''Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?'') * 2021 – ''Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men'' English edition of Att uppfinna världen

References and sources

External links

* * http://www.pitea-tidningen.se/kultur/artikel.aspx?ArticleId=3850017 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcal, Katrine 1983 births Swedish women journalists Swedish women writers Swedish people of Polish descent Swedish-language writers Living people Writers from Lund Radical feminists Dagens Nyheter journalists Uppsala University alumni 21st-century Swedish journalists 21st-century Swedish women journalists