Review: Raghuram G. Rajan, The Third Pillar (2019) – Guest Review by Share My Library

What follows is a guest review by Share My Library. All opinions belong to the author. Please visit Share My Library's website here, and follow them on Twitter here. If you are interested in contributing a guest post to my blog, please contact me using the information here. Quote of the book: “Too much market …

Review: Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy (2021)

Economic inequality is soaring, the climate crisis is getting worse, the pandemic has exposed a ‘digital divide’ (with many people unable to access the technology to work and learn remotely), and more. Why is it so difficult for anything to be done about this? Can the government not step in and help? Alas, argues Mariana …

Five Books That Will Make You Think Differently About Capitalism

How should we shape the economy to deal with income inequality and climate change? What role should the state play in economic activity? Should we fear AI? These questions are some of the most important ones facing us today. In this post, we’ll have a look at how an array of scholars have tackled them, …

Review: Tim Harford, How to Make the World Add Up (2020)

The world can be a confusing place. We’re constantly bombarded with facts and figures, infographics and images. They appear to us in the news, in magazines, and on social media. This is all supposed to inform us — the authors are certainly trying to persuade us of something. Yet a lot of this information is …