Popular economics

'A well-reported and researched history of the ways in which plucky economists helped rewrite policy in America and Europe and across emerging markets.

NOMINATED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown 'Compelling.

A forensic, entertaining polemic from the author of The Pope's Children.

The dizzying exuberance of the Internet driven marketplace offers unprecedented opportunities and an ever-expanding choice of deals, products, investments, and jobs - ranging from the merely attractive to the nearly irresistible for the people with the right talent and skills.

A century ago, the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist.

'Lucid, smartly written .

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Listen out for Rutger Bregman.

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry'You should read Humankind.

'A fascinating book, bursting with paradoxes, riddles and counterintuitive ideas that will challenge some of your strongest beliefs about how society works' Daniel Susskind'It takes scholarly courage and knowledge to upend Adam Smith, but this is what Krzysztof Pelc has done .

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry'You should read Humankind.

An inspiring manifesto offering a radical vision for our political future.

An inspiring manifesto offering a radical vision for our political future.

Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011.

From a Western point of view, the policy of economic engagement with China has failed.

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like?

Pull the covers off economics and reveal the sexy science of sexonomicsIn this witty and revelatory investigation of the so-called dismal science, University of British Columbia professor Marina Adshade skips the usual widgets and uncovers how the market comes to bear on our most intimate decisions: sex, dating, courtship, love, marriage, even breaking up.

With new material on the astonishing 2014–15 monetary rollercoaster, an incisive chronicler of the euro’s upheavals explains how Europe’s single currency has lurched in and out of crisis—with widespread repercussions for Britain and the rest of the world.

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like?

The deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality in order to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to a homestead in the woods at age thirty-two with her husband and daughter.

Felix Dennis is one of Britain's wealthiest self-made entrepreneurs with an estimated fortune of 500 million.

Selected writings from one of the most important commentators of our generation covering the wreckage of Labour's 10 year love affair with the RightBY THE SUMMER of 2007, Britain was close to crashing.

A Financial Times Book of the Year.

The environmental crisis under way is unique in human history.

We are told that the future of work will be increasingly automated.

In 1776 Adam Smith (1723-90) wrote The Wealth of Nations , a book so foundational it has led to him being called the 'father of economics'.

'A very important book about one of the last social taboos - with fascinating implications for us all' Helena Kennedy, QCA groundbreaking book in which Dorothy Rowe brings her insight and wisdom to the fascinating subject of money and its place in our lives.

'Magnificent.

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

A book which reveals the people and ideas on the cusp of a new era in finance.

Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics, shows how today's crisis parallels the events that caused the Great Depression - and explains what it will take to avoid catastrophe.

Money is our global language.

How has the way we spend our time changed over the last fifty years?

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom New York Times Bestselling author Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of America and the reasons behind its current social and economic crisisIn Adrift, Scott Galloway looks from the past to the present - from 1945 to the 2020s - to reveal how America has reached its current state of political, social and economic crisis.

Nobody has everything they need, all the time - so how can we make do with what we have?

'This book flips your world upside down.

'Harry Wallop is one of the sharpest and funniest journalists writing in Britain today.

How our lives are shaped not only by the choices we make, but by the choices we have.

This book argues that identity and money are both changing profoundly.

Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a housing crisis in the UK.

This book argues that identity and money are both changing profoundly.

The international bestselling attack on the mega-wealthy comes to the UKIn this searing and entertaining indictment of the super-rich, Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks challenge the idea that todays cavernous income inequality is the result of merit, and reveal how the global economic system has been hijacked by the wealthiest, with disastrous consequences for us all.

Economists and bankers have long been much maligned individuals, but never more so than in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis.

'The greatest story of our age .

VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS.

Economists and bankers have long been much maligned individuals, but never more so than in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis.

People tend to be penny wise and pound foolish and cry over spilt milk, even though we are taught to do neither.

People tend to be penny wise and pound foolish and cry over spilt milk, even though we are taught to do neither.

Forget the 1% - it's time to get to grips with the 0.