Linda Scott is the Emeritus DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Oxford and the author of The Double X Economy.

 

In her book, Scott reveals how women have been economically subjugated across the world and throughout history. She demonstrates, through extensive data, that women's economic disadvantage extends beyond workplace discrimination and is embedded in every aspect of the global economy—from credit to venture capital. Women have been systematically excluded from the entire financial system, not just denied paid work or
exploited for unpaid labor.

 

Scott also highlights the far-reaching negative impacts of women’s exclusion on global issues such as poverty and hunger, arguing that bringing women into the economy on equal terms can drive significant positive change. With her extensive practical experience, from remote villages to top-tier business schools, Scott offers actionable strategies to achieve this.

 

She has collaborated with multinational corporations, international agencies, national governments, and global NGOs to design and test initiatives aimed at including women in the economy. Scott founded the Global Business Coalition for Women’s Economic Empowerment, which includes eleven major multinationals, and currently serves as a gender advisor to the World Bank. She has also written a position paper on gender
inequality’s impact on poverty for USAID and was a Senior Consulting Fellow at Chatham House.

 

Scott’s work has been featured in major media outlets, including The Economist and BBC. Her book, The Double X Economy, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the US and Faber & Faber in the UK, has been translated into 14 languages and was named one of the best science and business books of 2020.