From feminist readings of debt to long reads on scams in the Philippines, these resources helped to inform our latest edition on women and money

The research box: What we watched, read and listened to while making our Cost of Living edition

The research box: What we watched, read and listened to while making our Cost of Living edition

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Books

A Feminist Reading of Debt by Lucí Cavallero and Verónica Gago

Deficit: The Hidden Value of Care by Emma Holten

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond 

Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V Banerjee and Esther Duflo 

Le cœur du capital. Ces travailleuses de l’ombre qui font tourner le monde by Fanny Gallot and Hugo Harari-Kermadec 

We Need to Talk About Money by Otegha Uwagba

Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? by Katrine Marçal 

Listen

Maria de Vila Matilde, a song by Elza Soares

Money and Feminism with Corinne Low, a podcast by The Guilty Feminist  

The Feminist Economics podcast, a podcast by The International Association for Feminist Economics 

The Gig Work Gender Gap, a podcast by Revelio Labs

Watch

Food inflation set to triple after Iran war, warns UK industry leader, from Channel 4 News

How could we pay for a wellbeing economy?, by Milena Büchs from the Wellbeing Economy Policymakers network series

How to Investigate Online Scams, video masterclass by Damien Leloup

The Day Iceland Stood Still, directed by Pamela Hogan

Women in the Kitchen, an Instagram series by Khanyi Mlaba

Read

The American Affordability Tracker, from Urban Institute 

Being pregnant is risky and expensive. Should women be paid for it?, from the Sydney Morning Herald

Beyond Economics: Assessing IMF Austerity's Effects on Women's Rights, from Modern Diplomacy

Clearing the Record: How Eviction Sealing Laws Can Advance Housing Access for Women of Color, from the ACLU

Energy bills, mortgages and more: How the Iran war affects your money, from BBC News

Gender pension gap in the European Union, by Europe Magazine

How the case of goalkeeper Bruno exposes social tolerance for femicides, from O Globo

It’s more than money, from the London School of Economics (LSE)

It’s time to face up to power in the debate about wealth inequality, from LSE 

Recognising the unpaid care economy for a gender equal future, from Equal Measures 2030

Single women are buying more houses. The men they are dating are not responding well, from the Guardian

Survivors’ Needs: How financial services firms can support customers experiencing from Surviving Economic Abuse

The Dark Side of Microfinance: An Industry Where the Poor Play 'Cameo Roles', from Knowledge at Wharton 

The Filipino women trafficked to scam and the families left behind, from CNN

US to revoke passports of parents with child support debt, from BBC

Virginia Woolf chose money over the vote. She was right, from The Glorious Letter

“We are not the ones who owe; it’s capital and the state who owe us”: why feminist scholars and activists are working to destigmatise debt, from Equal Times

What is the gender pensions gap and what can we do about it?, from the World Economic Forum

Whatever Happened to Microfinance? A Cautionary Tale, from the American Foreign Service Association

Will California crack down on cash apps that trap women in debt?, from Fuller and the Los Angeles Times

World Inequality Lab 2026 report, from the World Inequality Lab 

60 facts on wealth inequality - the gender wealth gap, from the Wealth Inequality Initiative

Edited by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Erica Hensley.

Edited by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Erica Hensley.

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