Economics

Defines the common thread linking the world's greatest economic thinkers and explores the philosophies that motivate them. This work enables us to see more deeply into our history, and provides...

'Any investor with skin in the game needs to buy this book.' Niall FergusonFrom Wall Street to the White House, the fantasy of an eventual 'return to normal' is still...

'Revelatory and illuminating'New YorkerThe true, unvarnished history of the town at the heart ofSilicon Valley.Palo Alto is nice. The weather is temperate, the people are educated, rich, healthy, enterprising. Remnants...

Create a Better World Through the Power of Profit!Imagine your business making a big impact solving problems like hunger, poverty, war, violence, and catastrophic climate change while making a healthy...

Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011.Life is on the up.We are wealthier, healthier, happier, kinder, cleaner, more peaceful, more equal and longer-lived than any previous generation....

Why are some nations more prosperous than others? This book sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to...

Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical...

Selected from the booksSapiensandHomo Deusby Yuval Noah HarariHow did money come to be invented? Why does it now have such significance in our lives? Does it make us happier or...

The Undercover Economist Strikes Back by Tim Harford Look out for Tim's next book, Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy. A provocative and lively exploration of the increasingly important...

A collection of internationally renowned scientists and economists in dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, addressing the need for a more alturistic economy.

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZEPaul Kennedy’s international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might.Kennedy’s masterwork begins in the year 1500,...