Nahid Aslanbeigui is Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at Monmouth College, New Jersey. She is particularly interested in the areas of women in development, history of economic thought and economic education., Steven Pressman is Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at Monmouth College, New Jersey. He specializes in macroeconomics, poverty and public finance., Gale Summerfield is Associate Professor of Economics at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She has written extensively on the impact of economic reforms on women in China.