The Evolution of Everything: How Small Changes Transform Our World
‘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.’
Economic theory & philosophy
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
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.
Grand Pursuit: The Story of the People Who Made Modern Economics
From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Mind, a brilliant new approach to the story of modern economics and to understanding how we got into today’s financial mess.
Grand Pursuit: A Story of Economic Genius
Sylvia Nasar, the author of the phenomenal bestseller A Beautiful Mind takes us on a journey through the epic story of the making of modern economics, and how it rescued mankind from squalor and deprivation by placing its material fate in its own hands, rather than in Fate.
Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century
Those who believe Europe to be weak and ineffectual are wrong. Turning conventional wisdom on its head Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century sets out a vision for a century in which Europe will dominate, not America. This is the book that will make your mind up about Europe.
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011.
Life is on the up.
Stuff Matters: Genius, Risk and the Secret of Capitalism
A counter-blast to the bashing of capitalism and a fresh and bold re-evaluation of the fundamentals that turn genius into hard currency.
Stuff Matters: Genius, Risk and the Secret of Capitalism
A counter-blast to the bashing of capitalism and a fresh and bold re-evaluation of the fundamentals that turn genius into hard currency.
Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England
Selected writings from one of the most important commentators of our generation covering the wreckage of Labour’s 10 year love affair with the Right