https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/06/the-double-x-economy-by-linda-scott-review-how-to-solve-economic-sexism

A passionate and timely study shows the damage caused to the global economy by failing to harness the power of women

When I was studying for an MSc at a British university known for its excellence in economics, I was lucky enough to be able to take a module in feminist economics. It was the first year such a course had been made available anywhere in Britain — and it had not come without a fight. The relevant department, we were told, had some reservations about the course being called “economics”. Although the course covered economics, its analysis was seen as too political. Ultimately, the row was resolved by the addition of “and policy” to the end of the course title.

Such pettiness would come as no surprise, I’m sure, to Linda Scott, author of The Double X Economy: The Epic Potential of Empowering Women. Like Virginia Woolf before her, Scott identifies female economic empowerment as the key to liberation. So while there are no shortage of villains in her analysis (NGOs, well-meaning leftwing academics, finance ministers, who all come in for a well-deserved drubbing), she reserves particular scorn for economists, who are singled out as the biggest obstacle to unleashing what Scott dubs the “double X economy”.