Seven Crashes
The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalisation
Reviewer: Ian Harwood
The eminent economic historian Harold James presents a new perspective on financial crises, dividing them into “good” crises, which ultimately expand markets and globalization, and “bad” crises, which result in a smaller, less prosperous world.
Capitalism and Crises
How to Fix Them
Reviewer: Dame Kate Barker, USS
Drawing on history, philosophy, psychology, and biology as well economics, law, and finance, Mayer describes what has gone wrong, what needs to change, and how to fix it.
How the World Became Rich
The Historical Origins of Economic Growth
Reviewer: Filippo Gaddo, Macro Partners Advisory
Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth in the last two centuries. How did this come to pass? How did the world become rich?
The Chile Project
The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism
Reviewer: Maximilian Magnacca
In The Chile Project, Sebastian Edwards tells the remarkable story of how the neoliberal economic model—installed in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship.
The Bankers' New Clothes
What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do About It
Reviewer: Ian Bright
A Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Bloomberg Businessweek Book of the Year
Meritocracy, Growth and Lessons from Italy's Economic Decline
Reviewer: William A Allen, NIESR
This book draws lessons on the importance of meritocracy for economic growth by analysing Italy's economic decline in the past few decades.
Influence Empire
The Story of Tencent and China’s Tech Ambition
Reviewer: Bridget Rosewell
In this fascinating narrative - crammed with insider interviews and exclusive details - Lulu Chen tells the story of how Tencent created the golden era of Chinese technology, and delves into key battles involving Didi, Meituan and Alibaba. It's a chronicle of critical junctures and asks just what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur in China.
Any Happy Returns
Structural Changes and Super Cycles in Markets
Reviewer: Richard Urwin, Chairman of the Investment Committee, Saranac Partners
In Any Happy Returns: Structural Changes and Super Cycles in Markets, celebrated author Peter C. Oppenheimer delivers his much-anticipated follow-up to The Long Good Buy.
The Women Who Made Modern Economics
Reviewer: Vicky Pryce
The book tells the story of the women who for too many years have been locked out of the economy with negative consequences for them and for society as a whole.
Legacy
How to Build the Sustainable Economy
Reviewer: Kevin Gardiner, Rothschild & Co/Cardiff Cap Region
What would a sustainable economy look like? What would it take to live within our environmental means? Legacy answers these and other questions, setting out the key features of the sustainable economy.