Economics

‘One of the most original and talented young writers we have.’ Sathnam Sanghera

‘A must-read.’ Elizabeth Day

‘A beautiful, searingly personal account of a world defined by money, full of courage and truth telling.’ Owen Jones

The climate crisis is here. Our chance to stop it has come and gone, but this doesn’t have to mean the world is ending.

‘Joan Didion at a startup’ Rebecca Solnit

‘Impossibly pleasurable’ Jia Tolentino

‘This is essential reading’ Stylist

Your morning flat-white helped shape the modern world

‘Elegantly written, witty and so wide in scope, so rich in detail and so thought provoking’ Joanna Blythman

‘If there is one dominant myth about the world, one huge mistake we all make … it is that we all go around assuming the world is much more of a planned place than it is.’

From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the internet as the great leveler of our age.

The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business.

If you thought being middle-class meant your own home, something set aside for the kids and a comfortable retirement – think again.

If you thought being middle-class meant your own home, something set aside for the kids and a comfortable retirement – think again.

If you thought being middle-class meant your own home, something set aside for the kids and a comfortable retirement – think again.

Now shortlisted for the 2012 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award and the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is a resonant exploration of economic behaviour and its consequences.

An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.