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Espinoza, Javier (1 July 2016). " 'Brexit leaves Britain naked': Cambridge academic stages nude protest against outcome of EU referendum". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 2 April 2017. Bateman, Victoria (21 November 2015). "The naked truth about women in science". The Telegraph . Retrieved 4 December 2017. Bateman grew up with two younger sisters in Lees, Oldham. Her father worked in the sheet metal industry, installing ductwork; her mother worked for the same company in the payroll department. When both parents lost their jobs, her father started a new business of his own, which foundered when clients were unable to pay. Her mother worked several jobs, and the family struggled to pay its debts. Bateman's parents divorced when she was 14 years old, and their economic straits worsened. Her sisters dropped out of school, and one became pregnant as a teenager. Bateman attributes her interest in economics to witnessing first-hand the effects of the boom-bust cycle and economic disparity. With the encouragement of her father and a history teacher, she studied economics at Cambridge as an undergraduate, followed by master's degrees in economics and economic history and a doctoral degree in economics at Oxford. [4] Research [ edit ] The administration's response to the war in Gaza could end up alienating key voting blocs the White House needs for reelection.

Bateman has written regular economics commentary for Unherd, [26] Bloomberg View [27] and CapX, [28] has contributed articles to The Guardian, Times Higher Education, The Conversation and The Telegraph and has appeared on a number of BBC Radio 4 programmes. [29] Personal life [ edit ] Bateman, Victoria (3 March 2016). "Brexit will hurt UK Science". www.bloomberg.com . Retrieved 10 April 2019. Kafka, Alexander C. (17 May 2019). "Are Women Invisible to Economists? One Scholar Is Stripping Down to Make Them Look". The Chronicle of Higher Education . Retrieved 22 May 2019. Espinoza, Javier (1 July 2016). " 'Brexit leaves Britain naked': Cambridge academic stages nude protest against outcome of EU referendum". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 10 April 2019. Professor does Brexit radio interview completely in the nude". 8 February 2019 . Retrieved 11 February 2019.Bateman's academic research focuses on economic history. Her 2019 book The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich argues that women's rights and freedoms were a key factor enabling the industrial and economic development of the West, by boosting wages, skills, saving and entrepreneurial spirit, and helping to produce a democratic and capable state. [5] Bateman, Victoria N. (1 May 2011). "The evolution of markets in early modern Europe, 1350–1800: a study of wheat prices1". The Economic History Review. 64 (2): 447–471. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00540.x. ISSN 1468-0289. S2CID 153827318.

Bateman identifies as a feminist, and writes: " I believe passionately in freedom for women, and whilst many battles have been won in the past century, there is still a long way for society to move until women enjoy the levels of freedom that they should be able to. I am not afraid to use my body as well as my brain to deliver important messages." [8] Victoria N. Bateman (née Powell, born 1979) is a British feminist economist and academic, specialising in economic history. She is a fellow in economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. [2] She is Director of Studies for the Economics Tripos at Gonville and Caius College. Her earlier work focused on the role of markets in economic development in Europe. Her paper The evolution of markets in early modern Europe, 1350–1800: a study of wheat prices [6] uses data on European wheat prices to study trends in market development from the early medieval period to the industrial revolution, demonstrating that markets were as well-integrated across Europe in the early 16th century as they were in the late 19th century. Her book Markets and growth in early modern Europe builds on this research, examining several aspects of the relationship between market integration and economic development. [7] Feminism and protest [ edit ] From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.Her research focuses on economic history, including the role of markets in economic development, and the role of women's rights and freedoms in stimulating economic growth. Kafka, Alexander C. (21 June 2019). "Victoria Bateman's Self Revelations: an economist strips down to make a point". Chronicle of Higher Education: B17-19. Bateman is a frequent critic of Brexit, arguing that "Brexit leaves Britain naked", [15] and that leaving the EU would hurt low-income families, [16] damage British scientific research, [17] would reduce trade and investment, and would place freedom for the nation state ahead of freedom for the individual. [18] The university lecturer said that her attire for the conference, comprising just the bank notes, was a “fitting combination of feminist and economic symbolism”.