Martin Wolf selects his best mid-year reads
Carola Binder’s monetary history uncovers the deep entanglement of price rises and politics
A guide to ‘optimising your life for wealth and success’ from the professor of marketing at NYU Stern
A look at how to control nothing but influence everything; a re-evaluation of how we learn; and breaking down the flaws in economic analyses
Gregory Makoff’s book is a fair and comprehensive look at what became the trial of the century for sovereign debt
Daniel Susskind argues that there is too much muddled thinking on the topic
Dan Davies makes a compelling case for the use of Stafford Beer’s management cybernetics in the age of AI
Philipp Staab’s exploration of how tech giants operate like the colonising East India Company offers a nuanced critique of the fast-developing digital economy
The rich have always been with us. Is that a good thing?
The secrets of supercycles; how to build a thriving tech ecosystem; and a deep dive into mining for rare earth metals
Colin Mayer advocates the power of business — but calls out what is wrong, and how profit could benefit people and the planet
Hear from the winner of the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year
This splendid biography of ‘the last conservative’ is also an insightful history of 20th-century thinking
Guy Standing’s new book makes a powerful if utopian case for time as an emancipatory measure of inequality
Where the subcontinent should go next, the value of time and a generational transfer of wealth — all in our round-up of the best new economics titles
Martin Wolf selects his best reads of the second half of 2023
Part history, part manifesto, the shadow chancellor’s new book highlights brilliant female economists, but borrows without acknowledgment
A defence of free markets in ‘The Capitalist Manifesto’, and the problem with the Big Four index funds and their financial power
Politicians prefer the easy but misguided option of using monetary policy and tax tweaks to fuel growth
From war funding to the creation of a methodical banking system that inspired confidence and secured Britain’s financial reputation
Scott Patterson’s engaging book delves into the world of ‘Black Swan’ financiers
Ed Conway’s lucid book explores the mines and quarries beneath the ‘ethereal’ economy of technology and services
From the roots of Britain’s postwar decline to a dissection of crashes and how to tame technology
It is hard not share Brett Christophers’ rage in this polemic against the greed and short-termism of the asset management industry
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