Women aren’t being kept out of politics so much as they are choosing not to engage, but a woman’s skill set of listening well, inclusiveness and collaboration is exactly what Washington (and Cambridge) should be looking for.

The old phrase “you are what you eat” is the notion that to be healthy you need to eat good foods. I’d like to introduce another concept and say “you are what you buy,” especially in light of an election in which we are seeing a discussion of macroeconomics on a micro scale.