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Nudge: The Final Edition

Reviewer: Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser & Board Member, CEBR

Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the word has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens and consumers everywhere. Now, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein have updated the book, making use of their experiences in and out of government over the past dozen years as well as an explosion of new research.

If Then: How One Data Company Invented The Future

Reviewer: Robert Baker

Here Robert Baker reviews this book alongside "Kochland. The secret history of Koch Industries and corporate power in America", by Christopher Leonard, 2020, Simon & Schuster UK.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Prosperity:

Better Business Makes the Greater Good

Reviewer: Richard Bronk, https://imaginationineconomics.com/

What is business for? Day one of a business course will tell you: it is to maximise shareholder profit. This single idea pervades all our thinking and teaching about business around the world but it is fundamentally wrong, Colin Mayer argues. It has had disastrous and damaging consequences for our economies, environment, politics, and societies.

Trade Wars are Class Wars

Reviewer: Ian Bright

A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers.

The Myth of Chinese Capitalism

Reviewer: Andrew Peaple

In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reality behind today’s financially-ascendant China and pulls the curtain back on how the Chinese manufacturing machine is actually powered.

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