A Note on the New‐Home Economics: Reply

Abstract

The fundamental issue is not, as Miss Papps suggests, whether the family “can usefully be viewed as an organisation which makes choices and allocates resources”. This is pure tautology—of course the family is an “organisation” and all organisations make choices and allocate resources. The real issue is whether the New Home Economics is a useful analytical framework within which to examine family behaviour. In my original note I set out some reasons for thinking that this approach is not a constructive one and is open to serious theoretical and practical difficulties. Unfortunately, Miss Papps does not address herself to these criticisms.

Citation

Kinsella, R.P. (1976), "A Note on the New‐Home Economics: Reply", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 216-216. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013802