Stolen Heritage:
The Strange Death of Industrial England
Reviewer: Kevin Gardiner, Rothschild & Co/Cardiff Capital Region Economicn Growth Partnership
Britain was the cradle of the industrial revolution. Its manufacturing prowess sustained a unique global standing in the nineteenth century, bore it to victory in the great wars of the twentieth, was a trusty servant of its domestic needs and imperial pretensions, and an enduring source of pride. Quite suddenly, this pre-eminence has vanished. Only yesterday an industrial giant, the UK is heading for the third division.
The Power of Creative Destruction:
Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
Reviewer: Bridget Rosewell
From one of the world's leading economists and his coauthors, a cutting-edge analysis of what drives economic growth and a blueprint for prosperity under capitalism.
How Boards Work:
and how they can work better in a chaotic world
Reviewer: Dame Kate Barker, NED, Man Group plc
In How Boards Work prizewinning economist, veteran board director, and bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers an insider's view of corporate boards as they are buffeted by the turbulence of our times
The Cost of Free Money
Reviewer: Vicky Pryce
A penetrating account of how unchecked capital mobility is damaging international cooperation, polarizing the economic landscape, and ultimately reshaping the global order.
You're Paid What You're Worth
And Other Myths of the Modern Economy
Reviewer: Rosemary Connell
A myth-busting book challenges the idea that we’re paid according to objective criteria and places power and social conflict at the heart of economic analysis.
Superpower Showdown
Reviewer: William Allen, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
This is the inside story of the US–China trade war, how relations between these superpowers unraveled, darkening prospects for global peace and prosperity, as told by two Wall Street Journal reporters, one based in Washington, D.C., the other in Beijing, who have had more access to the decision makers in the White House and in China’s Zhongnanhai leadership compound than anyone else.
Mission Economy
A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Reviewer: Bridget Rosewell
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck. It had no answers to a host of problems, including disease, inequality, the digital divide and, perhaps most blatantly, the environmental crisis. Taking her inspiration from the 'moonshot' programmes which successfully co-ordinated public and private sectors on a massive scale, Mariana Mazzucato calls for the same level of boldness and experimentation to be applied to the biggest problems of our time.
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This Sovereign Isle
Britain In and Out of Europe
Reviewer: Kevin Gardiner, Rothschild & Co/Cardiff Capital Region Economic Growth Partners
In this succinct book, Tombs shows that the decision to leave the EU is historically explicable - though not made historically inevitable - by Britain's very different historical experience, especially in the twentieth century, and because of our more extensive and deeper ties outside Europe.
The Great British Reboot
How the UK Can Thrive in a Turbulent World
Reviewer: Christine Shields
An optimistic exploration of how, through radical economic reform, the United Kingdom can prosper and flourish in the new global economy.
Capital Wars
The Rise of Global Liquidity
Reviewer: Melissa Davies, Redburn
Global Liquidity is a much-discussed, but narrowly-researched and vaguely-defined topic. This book deeply explores the subject by clearly defining and measuring liquidity worldwide and by showing its importance for investors.