Time for Socialism
Dispatches from a World on Fire
Reviewer: Bridget Rosewell
As a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Emmanuel Macron’s ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always from the perspective of his fight for a more equitable world.
The Asian Financial Crisis
Reviewer: Ian Harwood
The Asian Financial Crisis 1995–98 charts Russell Napier’s personal journey during that crisis as he wrote daily for institutional investors about an increasingly uncertain future. Relying on contemporaneous commentary, it charts the mistakes and successes of investors in the battle for investment survival in Asia from 1995–98.
The Economic Integration of Europe
Reviewer: Vicky Pryce
Tumultuous Times
Central Banking in an Era of Crisis
Reviewer: Melissa Davies, Chief Economist, Redburn
Masaaki Shirakawa, who led the bank as governor from 2008 to 2013, provides a rare insider’s account of the workings of Japanese economic and monetary policy during this period and how it challenged mainstream economic thinking.
Nudge: The Final Edition
Reviewer: Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser & Board Member, CEBR
Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the word has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens and consumers everywhere. Now, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein have updated the book, making use of their experiences in and out of government over the past dozen years as well as an explosion of new research.
If Then: How One Data Company Invented The Future
Reviewer: Robert Baker
Here Robert Baker reviews this book alongside "Kochland. The secret history of Koch Industries and corporate power in America", by Christopher Leonard, 2020, Simon & Schuster UK.
Kochland
The secret history of Koch Industries and corporate power in America
Reviewer: Robert Baker
Here Robert Baker reviews this book "If Then: How One Data Company Invented The Future", by Jill Lepore.
The Future of Money
How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance
Reviewer: Carlo Cocuzzo, Digital Finance Specialist, Italy
Reviewer: Ian Bright, Consultant
We think we’ve seen financial innovation. We bank from laptops and buy coffee with the wave of a phone. But these are minor miracles compared with the dizzying experiments now underway around the globe, as businesses and governments alike embrace the possibilities of new financial technologies. As Eswar Prasad explains, the world of finance is at the threshold of major disruption that will affect corporations, bankers, states, and indeed all of us.
Cogs and Monsters
what economics is, and what it should be
Reviewer: Matt Whittaker, CEO, Pro Bono Economics
Digital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionizing both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure, understand, and shape. In Cogs and Monsters, Diane Coyle explores the enormous problems—but also opportunities—facing economics today if it is to respond effectively to these dizzying changes and help policymakers solve the world’s crises, from pandemic recovery and inequality to slow growth and the climate emergency.
The Spirit of Green
the economics of collisions and contagions in a crowded world
Reviewer: Keith Wade, Chief Economist, Schroders
The Spirit of Green by Nobel laureate William Nordhaus offers a primer on the economics of the environment and some key steps to limit global warming.