By The Literary EconomistWhere Money Meets Metaphors Abstract Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women has long been interpreted as a domestic coming-of-age novel, but beneath its moral tenderness lies a ruthless ledger of invisible labor, emotional capital, and gendered economics. Written during the rise of industrial capitalism and the codification of separate spheres, the novel converts … Continue reading Celebrating Little Women an economic analysis: A Political Economy of Little Women