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Book reviews

The World at Economic War

How to Rebuild Security in a Weaponized Global Economy

Reviewer: Ian Bright

Capitalism and its Critics

A Battle of Ideas in the Modern World

Reviewer: Filippo Gaddo

The Economics of Creative Destruction

New Research on Themes from Aghion and Howitt

Reviewer: Neil Reeder, Head and Heart Economics

Multicurrency Mercantilism

The New International Monetary Order

Reviewer: Leath Al Obaidi

Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future

Reviewer: Joe Little

Central Banking and Monetary Policy Implementation, Volume I

Reviewer: William A. Allen, National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Rethinking Income and Money

Incorporating Technology into Economic Theory

Reviewer: Gerry Holtham, Visiting Professor, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Money: A Story of Humanity

Reviewer: Richard Urwin, Chair, Saranac Partners Investment Committee

Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, and Future of the Euro

Reviewer: Max Magnacca

Why We’re Getting Poorer

A Realist’s Guide to the Economy and How We Can Fix it

Reviewer: Kate Barker, Universities Superannuation Scheme

The Fractured Age

How the Return of Geopolitics Will Splinter the Global Economy

Reviewer: Rosie Cornelius, Independent Economist and former Chief Analyst, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump

What the Trade War Means for the World

Reviewer: Geoff Crocker, Author, 'Rethinking Income and Money

Leading financial journalist Philip Coggan lifts the lid on Trump's economic gamble, why it's a universal threat and how we can make sense of this new 'age of chaos'. This is his clear-sighted and powerful rallying cry in defence of global trade - and why it matters for the world.

Richer and More Equal

A New History of Wealth in the West

Reviewer: Bridget Rosewell

How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation and the Fate of Nations

Reviewer: Kevin Gardiner, Rothschild & Co/Cardiff Capital Region

How Countries Go Broke

Principles for Navigating the Big Debt Cycle, Where We Are Headed, and What We Should Do

Reviewer: Keith Wade, Independent Economist and NIESR Trustee

The Little Book of Hedge Funds

What You Need to Know About Hedge Funds, but the Managers Won’t Tell You

Reviewer: Lavan Mahadeva

Can Europe Survive?

The Story of a Continent in a Fractured World

Reviewer: Ian Harwood

Our Dollar, Your Problem

An Insider’s View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead

Reviewer: Maximilian Magnacca

A leading economist explores the global rise of the US dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured.

The Real Economy

History and Theory

Reviewer: Geoff Crocker, Author of “Rethinking Income and Money” (Palgrave, 2025)

A provocative new theory of "the economy," its history, and its politics that better unites history and economics

Return to Growth (Volume I & II)

How to Fix the Economy

Reviewer: Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director, A&M

In this arresting and powerful manifesto for economic change, Jon Moynihan analyses the UK's decades-long stagnant economy and looks at what can be done to resuscitate it.

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Articles reflect the authors’ views which are not necessarily shared by the Society or the Editor. The Editor welcomes comments, ideas and articles on a wide range of applied economics topics and related issues of more general interest.

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