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What happens when women run the economy? We're about to find out

World Trade Organisation Head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Women now hold many of the jobs controlling the world’s largest economy - and they’re trying to fix it.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and trade czar Katherine Tai hold top jobs in U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration and many of his economic advisers also are women, as are nearly 48 per cent of his confirmed cabinet-level officials.

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