Last month, Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman came to Bristol and did what most economists won’t: she made the data impossible to ignore.
Her new book, The Double Tax: How Women of Colour Are Overcharged and Underpaid, isn’t about pink razors. It’s about the compounded financial penalty women of colour pay at every major life milestone. Jobs, salaries, housing, childcare, wealth accumulation. The gaps are staggering, and Anna has the receipts.
In a break from her usual meetings with Governor Tim Walz, Dr. Chelsea Clinton, or Kamala Harris – she sat down with Dr. Zara Nanu to talk through the research, the stories behind it, and what actually moves the needle. No corporate speak. No empty promises. Just clear-eyed analysis and actionable solutions.
If you weren’t there, you can watch it now. This is the conversation everyone should be having
Zara Nanu MBE is Founder and CEO of WorkVue and Professor in Practice at University of Bristol Business School. Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman is an economist and author of “The Double Tax: How Women of Colour are Overcharged and Underpaid”