Johan Norberg on what drove history’s influential civilisations; Ben Chu on the rise of zero-sum economic thinking; plus Germany’s decline and a must-read for monetary aficionados
A timely argument that AI, geopolitical tensions and global production networks demand a new statistical infrastructure
The renowned economist issues a timely warning that the threat to America’s currency comes from within, in the shape of a growing debt mountain
Why advanced economies are struggling to build; how Britain can boost growth; plus books on inequality and poverty
Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
A sceptical view of the Chinese miracle, how AI could crash the economy — and tips for Rachel Reeves
A hugely ambitious, insightful and readable account of our relationship with money
Encouraging wealth creators helps to generate economic growth and affluence
John Kay takes a brilliantly erudite look at shifts in business thinking and the battle for consumer trust
A radical approach to the international economy; empowering local governance; and lessons from Poland and Vietnam
Martin Wolf selects his best mid-year reads
Carola Binder’s monetary history uncovers the deep entanglement of price rises and politics
A guide to ‘optimising your life for wealth and success’ from the professor of marketing at NYU Stern
A look at how to control nothing but influence everything; a re-evaluation of how we learn; and breaking down the flaws in economic analyses
Gregory Makoff’s book is a fair and comprehensive look at what became the trial of the century for sovereign debt
Daniel Susskind argues that there is too much muddled thinking on the topic
Dan Davies makes a compelling case for the use of Stafford Beer’s management cybernetics in the age of AI
Philipp Staab’s exploration of how tech giants operate like the colonising East India Company offers a nuanced critique of the fast-developing digital economy
The rich have always been with us. Is that a good thing?
The secrets of supercycles; how to build a thriving tech ecosystem; and a deep dive into mining for rare earth metals
Colin Mayer advocates the power of business — but calls out what is wrong, and how profit could benefit people and the planet
Hear from the winner of the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year
This splendid biography of ‘the last conservative’ is also an insightful history of 20th-century thinking
Guy Standing’s new book makes a powerful if utopian case for time as an emancipatory measure of inequality
Where the subcontinent should go next, the value of time and a generational transfer of wealth — all in our round-up of the best new economics titles
