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The complex matrix of growth, economics and society is mapped forcibly by Daniel Susskind, Maja Göpel and Fareed Zakaria
Jonathan White explores the interplay of support for democracy and promises for the future
An elegantly argued polemic with suggestions that merit serious consideration, although the analysis is occasionally incomplete
The selection of examples is an analytical strength, ranging from conflict in Sri Lanka, to the drugs policy of the US and the migration policy of the EU
This work reminds us that states and corporations are not powerless as we confront this vista of radical change
Minister for Public Expenditure delivers budget in Dáil Éireann
This book is unlikely to meet the needs of a reader looking to take the first step in understanding the history and nature of economics
Peter Turchin draws on Big Data and predictive models to make a sharp case about over-production of elites and how the US is on road to instability
Daniel Chandler’s Free and Equal skilfully turns political philosophy into detailed policy proposals, while Rafaek Behr surveys the wreckage of post-Brexit Britain
Paschal Donohoe reviews new books by Erik Angner and Edmund Phelps
Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington attack all too readily an industry they present as a confidence trick whereby states and other actors outsource their decision-making
Reviews: The Fall of Boris Johnson by Sebastian Payne, Out of the Blue by Harry Cole and James Heale, and How to Build a Country That Works by Lisa Nandy
Author’s collection of essays with important themes uses stories about food to offer insights into economics
Much is missing from J Bradford DeLong’s history, writes the Minister for Finance, but the love of learning that permeates these pages makes it stand out
Book review: Paschal Donohoe finds this sweeping history of interest rates entertaining but too much of a polemic