Wen<p>The quiet, matter-of-fact takeover of women holding senior economist roles</p><p>I appreciate the way that women have been held back, systematically. But thee mantra ‘if only we had more women at senior levels’ is clearly flawed. The women ‘in charge’ have been educated in the same places (Oxford for example) and are no better than any of their male predecessors at thinking for themselves.</p><p>Sorry if this offends… well not really.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/20/the-quiet-matter-of-fact-takeover-of-women-holding-senior-economist-roles" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jul/20/the-quiet-matter-of-fact-takeover-of-women-holding-senior-economist-roles</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPE</span></a></p>