#120: The double X economy, the cost of sexism and what to do about it with Professor Linda Scott

Linda Scott is Emeritus DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Oxford, as well as a visiting professor at Brown University where she teaches gender and economics.  She is the author of The Double X Economy, a 2020 book that deeply documents the worldwide and historical pattern of women’s economic exclusion and makes a passionate argument for the economic and humanitarian reasons to eliminate this destructive inequality.  Recognised as an outstanding work of science and economics, the book has been translated into 14 languages. Scott continues her work as a gender consultant for a wide range of major world institutions, such as USAID and the World Bank.

We cover the following in our conversation:

• What is sexism?
• UK: The Equality Act -how effective is it?
• Financial services industry: the 'Sexism in the City' report
• How sexism shows up for women:
• the gender pay gap, the motherhood penalty, women in leadership and as women entrepreneurs.
• Men becoming allies
• Startups: female founders vs male founders.
• Investing in AI vs fixing organisations for women
• Economies grow by investing in women.

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