Ten out of ten for five
As the new decade begins, The Mint asked a quintet of our 2019 #NotTheNobel Finalists to name their book of the past decade and to tell us why it wins …
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Nothing left to lose
Researchers have charted the US phenomenon where, as globalisation spreads injustice, the despondent reach for the gun. Review by John Komlos It is a commonplace that the demographic development of …
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A circular passion
Why does Walter Stahel mention The Little Prince author, Antoine Saint-Exupery at four critical points in his latest book: The Circular Economy: a user’s guide? Ron Nahser reflects on a …
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One for the converted
Tim Gooding articulates a bold and detailed vision for complexity and agent-based economics, but ultimately left me feeling frustrated with a book isolated by its insistence on standing so far …
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Bitter Wheat by David Mamet
Bitter Wheat has been playing in London’s West End since June 7th. It stars John Malkovich, and is scripted and directed by Pulitzer Prize winning Theatre Beast, David Mamet. It …
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On purpose
Campaigners seeking deep transformation of the economy should look no further for ideas than Colin Mayer’s book, Prosperity. Within it they will find a surprisingly radical agenda even if they …
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Incisive, yet is the mustard cut?
Foundational Economy – The infrastructure of everyday life by The Foundational Economy Collective, Manchester University Press ISBN: 978-1-5261-3400-4 A collective at Manchester University has, through intensive research, concluded that a …
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Revealing the fudge in ‘Nudge Economics’
Professor Sugden, a renowned and celebrated pioneer of behavioural economics, has written an important book. In it he skewers the “nudge economics” fudge that maintains the illusion of the possibility …
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Book Review: Bending the Rules
Review of Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals: Cooperative Alternatives Beyond Markets and States. Derek Wall has fashioned a short guide for radicals from the work of a non-radical economics …
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The Lehman Triology – More Brechtian than Brecht
Bertolt Brecht, the marxist dramatist and innovator, believed by moving away from sentimental, emotive theatre, he could allow theatre goers to think. He called this theory of distancing the audience …
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