Dr Victoria Bateman
@vnbateman.bsky.social
Author of #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. Resident economic historian on BBC Radio 4 #UnderstandTheEconomy. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society & RSA.
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Just four weeks to go until the publication of my new book #ECONOMICA: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social on 28 August. It’s time to place women at the heart of economic history. #womenwealthpower #econhist
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Very good to see @vnbateman.bsky.social's Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power on Martin wolf's best economics books of 2025 list @financialtimes.com
Best books of 2025: Economics
Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
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November 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Very good to see @vnbateman.bsky.social's Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power on Martin wolf's best economics books of 2025 list @financialtimes.com
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"[Bateman] puts the story right, from the Stone Age to today."
ECONOMICA, by Victoria Bateman (@vnbateman.bsky.social), is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in Economics!
Read more: bit.ly/4p25kSE
ECONOMICA, by Victoria Bateman (@vnbateman.bsky.social), is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in Economics!
Read more: bit.ly/4p25kSE
Best books of 2025: Economics
Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
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November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"[Bateman] puts the story right, from the Stone Age to today."
ECONOMICA, by Victoria Bateman (@vnbateman.bsky.social), is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in Economics!
Read more: bit.ly/4p25kSE
ECONOMICA, by Victoria Bateman (@vnbateman.bsky.social), is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in Economics!
Read more: bit.ly/4p25kSE
#Economica is a Financial Times #BestBook of 2025 🎉🎉🎉 Huge thanks to Martin Wolf for his selection. If you’d like to read a new economic history of the world from the Stone Age to today, get your copy now. www.ft.com/content/c44a... #womenwealthpower
Best books of 2025: Economics
Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#Economica is a Financial Times #BestBook of 2025 🎉🎉🎉 Huge thanks to Martin Wolf for his selection. If you’d like to read a new economic history of the world from the Stone Age to today, get your copy now. www.ft.com/content/c44a... #womenwealthpower
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Another really interesting article in the @resmedia.bsky.social Newsletter is the article by @vnbateman.bsky.social about her new book 'Economica'. We have to admit, we've put this on our Christmas list, so we hope we've been good this year! 🎅🤶
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Another really interesting article in the @resmedia.bsky.social Newsletter is the article by @vnbateman.bsky.social about her new book 'Economica'. We have to admit, we've put this on our Christmas list, so we hope we've been good this year! 🎅🤶
A huge thank you to @blackwelloxford.bsky.social and everyone who came along to hear me introduce #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. We spanned 12,000 years of economic history in just one hour, all through the eyes of women. If you missed it, see: m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcd...
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A huge thank you to @blackwelloxford.bsky.social and everyone who came along to hear me introduce #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. We spanned 12,000 years of economic history in just one hour, all through the eyes of women. If you missed it, see: m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcd...
Huge thanks to Dr Ruth Larsen, Liz Fothergill, Sian Hoyle and the team for the warm welcome at Derby Book Festival. Alongside its fabulous literary scene, Derbyshire is home to numerous attractions relating to the #IndustrialRevolution and the spectacular #peakdistrictnationalpark. I’m a big fan.
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Huge thanks to Dr Ruth Larsen, Liz Fothergill, Sian Hoyle and the team for the warm welcome at Derby Book Festival. Alongside its fabulous literary scene, Derbyshire is home to numerous attractions relating to the #IndustrialRevolution and the spectacular #peakdistrictnationalpark. I’m a big fan.
If you’re in Oxford TODAY, it will be lovely to see you @blackwelloxford.bsky.social at 5.30pm 📗 #Economica #womenwealthpower
I’ll be back in #Oxford on Monday to talk about my new book - #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power - at Blackwells bookshop. If you’re free at 5.30pm, it would be lovely to see you there. Tickets are still available: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victoria-b... #EconHist #womenwealthpower
Victoria Bateman ECONOMICA
Economica rewrites our understanding of women's role in the economy, and tells a more accurate economic history of us all.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you’re in Oxford TODAY, it will be lovely to see you @blackwelloxford.bsky.social at 5.30pm 📗 #Economica #womenwealthpower
Can’t wait to be in #Derby on Sunday - do come and join me. #Economica #womenwealthpower www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/victo...
Victoria Bateman: Economica: A global history of women, wealth and power
Sunday 16 November, 3:15pm, QUAD DE1 3AS This event will be filmed and made available as a digital recording after the Festival. Available for purchase here . The untold story of how women made th...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Can’t wait to be in #Derby on Sunday - do come and join me. #Economica #womenwealthpower www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/victo...
I’ll be back in #Oxford on Monday to talk about my new book - #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power - at Blackwells bookshop. If you’re free at 5.30pm, it would be lovely to see you there. Tickets are still available: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victoria-b... #EconHist #womenwealthpower
Victoria Bateman ECONOMICA
Economica rewrites our understanding of women's role in the economy, and tells a more accurate economic history of us all.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I’ll be back in #Oxford on Monday to talk about my new book - #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power - at Blackwells bookshop. If you’re free at 5.30pm, it would be lovely to see you there. Tickets are still available: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victoria-b... #EconHist #womenwealthpower
A privilege to be in Scotland signing copies of #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power 📗 (one of the FT’s best books of the week 🎉) @headlinebooks.bsky.social & #SealPress. If you’d like to read a new global economic history - with women put back in - grab your copy now. #EconHist
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A privilege to be in Scotland signing copies of #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power 📗 (one of the FT’s best books of the week 🎉) @headlinebooks.bsky.social & #SealPress. If you’d like to read a new global economic history - with women put back in - grab your copy now. #EconHist
It was such a pleasure to meet you @fizzandnonsense.bsky.social and @alistaircoleman.bsky.social at Blackwells Edinburgh. #Economica #womenwealthpower
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It was such a pleasure to meet you @fizzandnonsense.bsky.social and @alistaircoleman.bsky.social at Blackwells Edinburgh. #Economica #womenwealthpower
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I just finished reading it!
Just four weeks to go until the publication of my new book #ECONOMICA: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social on 28 August. It’s time to place women at the heart of economic history. #womenwealthpower #econhist
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I just finished reading it!
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @erinmbohalloran.bsky.social and Sir William Patey on President Ahmed al-Sharaa's White House visit and the day's other stuff, and @vnbateman.bsky.social introduces her new book "Economica" to @anitariotta.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @erinmbohalloran.bsky.social and Sir William Patey on President Ahmed al-Sharaa's White House visit and the day's other stuff, and @vnbateman.bsky.social introduces her new book "Economica" to @anitariotta.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
In conversation with Harriet MacMillan about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (@headlinebooks.bsky.social) 📗 at Glasgow’s #AyeWrite Literary Festival today, answering the question: What can women do in response to the current backlash?
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In conversation with Harriet MacMillan about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (@headlinebooks.bsky.social) 📗 at Glasgow’s #AyeWrite Literary Festival today, answering the question: What can women do in response to the current backlash?
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‘A central theme [of @vnbateman.bsky.social’s book] is that the trajectory of gender equality more closely resembles a roller-coaster than a straight line. There are places (Egypt, Iran, India) where women have fewer freedoms than they did many centuries ago.’
Great set of reviews
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Great set of reviews
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What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics
From the Enlightenment to today’s ‘tradwives’, three books look at the tension between production and reproduction
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November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
‘A central theme [of @vnbateman.bsky.social’s book] is that the trajectory of gender equality more closely resembles a roller-coaster than a straight line. There are places (Egypt, Iran, India) where women have fewer freedoms than they did many centuries ago.’
Great set of reviews
on.ft.com/4olyOut
Great set of reviews
on.ft.com/4olyOut
Delighted that the FT have reviewed my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. The reviewer writes “Economica is an epic…[&] important retelling of global economic history that puts women at the centre”. Out now @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social #EconHist
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Delighted that the FT have reviewed my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. The reviewer writes “Economica is an epic…[&] important retelling of global economic history that puts women at the centre”. Out now @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social #EconHist
An absolute pleasure to speak @greshamcollege.bsky.social today. Full lecture available to watch now. #Economica #womenwealthpower m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcd...
How Women Made the Global Economy - Victoria Bateman
YouTube video by Gresham College
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November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
An absolute pleasure to speak @greshamcollege.bsky.social today. Full lecture available to watch now. #Economica #womenwealthpower m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcd...
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Was lovely to see Dr Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social lecturing at Gresham College today on How Women Made the Global Economy. Based on lessons from her new book, Economica, Dr Bateman explained the central role women have played as entrepreneurs, industrialists, and leaders across time and societies
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Was lovely to see Dr Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social lecturing at Gresham College today on How Women Made the Global Economy. Based on lessons from her new book, Economica, Dr Bateman explained the central role women have played as entrepreneurs, industrialists, and leaders across time and societies
Look forward to speaking @greshamcollege.bsky.social London tomorrow at 1pm. Free to attend but only a few tickets remaining, so please book now if you’d like to attend (in person or online): www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/wom... #EconHist
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Look forward to speaking @greshamcollege.bsky.social London tomorrow at 1pm. Free to attend but only a few tickets remaining, so please book now if you’d like to attend (in person or online): www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/wom... #EconHist
An honour to be interviewed by Julia Wheeler on stage at Stratford Literary Festival today. A huge thank you to Julia, to the organisers, to the volunteers - and to the wonderful audience for a sold out event. #StratLitFest #Economica #womenwealthpower
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
An honour to be interviewed by Julia Wheeler on stage at Stratford Literary Festival today. A huge thank you to Julia, to the organisers, to the volunteers - and to the wonderful audience for a sold out event. #StratLitFest #Economica #womenwealthpower
At Stratford Literary Festival today - for a SOLD OUT discussion with Julia Wheeler about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. You can find out more about the women of Economica - along with the book’s core message - at women-wealth-power.com/explore #womenwealthpower
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
At Stratford Literary Festival today - for a SOLD OUT discussion with Julia Wheeler about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. You can find out more about the women of Economica - along with the book’s core message - at women-wealth-power.com/explore #womenwealthpower
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October's book recommendations over at Beyond Curie. Including picks from Rosa Espinoza, Rae Wynn-Grant, Sarah Ruden, @vnbateman.bsky.social and @christinewebb.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
October's book recommendations over at Beyond Curie. Including picks from Rosa Espinoza, Rae Wynn-Grant, Sarah Ruden, @vnbateman.bsky.social and @christinewebb.bsky.social
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Speaking to the legendary Dr Martin Latham @waterstones.bsky.social Canterbury about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power #womenwealthpower @headlinebooks.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaking to the legendary Dr Martin Latham @waterstones.bsky.social Canterbury about my new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power #womenwealthpower @headlinebooks.bsky.social
My latest for @historyextra.bsky.social: “The Real History Behind The Forsytes: How Much Of The Drama Is True?” | HistoryExtra #EconHist #LateVictorian #PeriodDrama #TheForsytes www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
The real history behind The Forsytes
The Forsytes, a new drama adaptation of John Galsworthy's novels, has landed on British screens, giving viewers a sumptuous look at late Victorian London – a world of dazzling excess and great divide....
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October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My latest for @historyextra.bsky.social: “The Real History Behind The Forsytes: How Much Of The Drama Is True?” | HistoryExtra #EconHist #LateVictorian #PeriodDrama #TheForsytes www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
It will be a huge honour to deliver the 2026 #HajnalLecture at the University of Manchester. It will also be something of a homecoming: Manchester was not only the place I grew up, it shaped my love of Economic History. #Manchester #EconHist @manchester.ac.uk #ArthurLewisLab @nunopgpalma.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It will be a huge honour to deliver the 2026 #HajnalLecture at the University of Manchester. It will also be something of a homecoming: Manchester was not only the place I grew up, it shaped my love of Economic History. #Manchester #EconHist @manchester.ac.uk #ArthurLewisLab @nunopgpalma.bsky.social