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'It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics, politics, and society' Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About CapitalismOver the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically.

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 passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of PostcapitalismHow do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty?

Global warming has reached terrifying heights of severity, human consumption has caused the extinction of countless species and neoliberalism has led to a destructive divide in wealth and a polarization of mainstream politics.

'This book flips your world upside down.

Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse.

Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse.

Why do heroes fight each other?

Why do heroes fight each other?

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

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

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.

Keeping the economy strong will require addressing two distinct but related problems.

Keeping the economy strong will require addressing two distinct but related problems.

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Superb .

RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible formFor decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics.

'A latter-day Canterbury Tales .

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

'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it.

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

Why don't flight attendants get tipped?

'The greatest story of our age .

Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have spent four years uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from terrorism to shark attacks, cable TV to hurricanes.

Why can we never seem to keep on top of our workload, social diary or chores?

'Endlessly witty, but the wit is underpinned by a tremendous, unembarrassed anger and moral lucidity.

'A sensation .

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

This is a book about how we should address the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century.

How did a small post-Soviet state become a digital and e-government powerhouse, producing world-leading tech companies and pioneering policies for remote residency?

***One of Barack Obama's best books of 2024***Shortlisted for the 2024 Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the YearA revelatory account of the past, present, and future of economic growth - and how we should rethink itOver the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer.

Este libro aborda un grupo de emprendimientos y de asociatividades que surgen como alternativas de desarrollo para la reincorporación a la vida civil de las personas que pertenecieron al grupo insurgente de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), con ocasión de la firma de los Acuerdos de Paz del 2016.

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THE MUST-READ GUIDE TO THE TRADE WAR'A smart, vivid and humane account of the way the world really works' TIM HARFORD'This is the book to read if you want to understand what might be about to hit the world economy' EVAN DAVISThe dangerous race for self-sufficiency has begun.