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The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich by Victoria Bateman
Victoria Bateman argues that it is women who have been the drivers of economic growth under capitalism
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IN THIS book, Victoria Bateman peels away the layers of traditional economics to reveal her answers to some pressing issues of our time and in the process argues that we all must revaluate the role of women historically and today in terms of how they’ve contributed to economic growth and prosperity.
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“Until greater significance is placed on gender equality as the cause and not merely a consequence of economic growth, women’s freedom will not be given the importance it deserves, and gender inequalities will go on unaddressed,” she states.
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