The contributions of women to the economy have long been overshadowed. Victoria Bateman joined us to reveal how the status and freedom of women has been crucial to the West’s economic success.
Victoria Bateman hails from Greater Manchester and is deeply rooted in the economic conditions that shaped her hometown. After completing her education at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, she returned to Cambridge as a Fellow in Economics and later became the Director of Studies in Economics at Gonville and Caius College. A prolific writer, Victoria has authored books on economic history, feminist economics, and gender inequality. Not one to shy away from controversy, she has made waves in both academia and public discourse through her unorthodox ways of challenging societal norms, including advocating for the recognition of the economic value of the sex trade.