A closer look
Global economic research consistently indicates that women drive the vast majority of consumer purchasing decisions worldwide, effectively controlling or heavily influencing an estimated twenty trillion dollars in annual global spending across nearly every major retail category, yet despite this overwhelming financial dominance at the cash register, the upper echelons of corporate finance, investment banking, and macroeconomic policy remain overwhelmingly dominated by men in expensive suits making wildly out-of-touch decisions, creating a spectacular paradox where the demographic entirely responsible for keeping the consumer economy afloat is historically paid less, charged more for pink razors, and consistently lectured about financial responsibility by guys who lose billions in speculative margin trading on a Tuesday
