The Spirit of Green
the economics of collisions and contagions in a crowded world
Reviewer: Keith Wade, Chief Economist, Schroders
The Spirit of Green by Nobel laureate William Nordhaus offers a primer on the economics of the environment and some key steps to limit global warming.
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Adapting to Climate Change
Markets and the Management of an Uncertain Future
Reviewer: Kevin Gardiner, Rothschild & Co/Cardiff Region Econ Growth Partnership
This book considers how individual economic choices in response to climate change will transform the larger economy.
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The Magic Money Tree
and Other Economic Tales
Reviewer: Bridget Rosewell
Lorenzo Forni examines the tension between economics and politics and considers why so many mistakes in economic policy-making are made for political reasons.
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Where Credit Is Due
How Africa’s Debt Can Be A Benefit, Not A Burden
Reviewer: Lavan Mahadeva
Gregory Smith guides us expertly through the travails and successes in forty years of Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt and warns that we may still see a rerun of the 1980s borrowing boom that ended in a two-decade-long debt crisis.
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Stolen Heritage:
The Strange Death of Industrial England
Reviewer: Kevin Gardiner, Rothschild & Co/Cardiff Capital Region Economicn Growth Partnership
Britain was the cradle of the industrial revolution. Its manufacturing prowess sustained a unique global standing in the nineteenth century, bore it to victory in the great wars of the twentieth, was a trusty servant of its domestic needs and imperial pretensions, and an enduring source of pride. Quite suddenly, this pre-eminence has vanished. Only yesterday an industrial giant, the UK is heading for the third division.
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The Power of Creative Destruction:
Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
Reviewer: Bridget Rosewell
From one of the world's leading economists and his coauthors, a cutting-edge analysis of what drives economic growth and a blueprint for prosperity under capitalism.
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How Boards Work:
and how they can work better in a chaotic world
Reviewer: Dame Kate Barker, NED, Man Group plc
In How Boards Work prizewinning economist, veteran board director, and bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers an insider's view of corporate boards as they are buffeted by the turbulence of our times
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Austerity: When is it a mistake and when is it necessary?
Reviewer: William Allen, NIESR
For anyone seeking answers to such questions as: "What can we learn from the UK’s economic history that is relevant to current policy?", "Is austerity ever necessary or desirable?" and "Can the harmful effects of austerity programmes be mitigated?" then this book will be welcome reading.
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Combating Inequality:
Rethinking Government’s Role
Reviewer: Christine Shields
Leading economists and policymakers consider what economic tools are most effective in reversing the rise in inequality.
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Profit and Prejudice:
The Luddites of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Reviewer: Vicky Pryce
Profit and Prejudice takes us through the relationship between economic success and prejudice in labour markets.
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