“This is a book you should read, for understanding what went wrong in the past is our only hope of doing better in the future?” - Paul Krugman, Nobel prize-winner Why did governments adopt austerity policies, and why were they so harmful? Why did the media largely ignore the experts who opposed these policies, and allow politicians to get away with lies? And why did voters choose Brexit when the economic consensus was that it would harm living standards? Simon Wren-Lewis, winner of the SPERI/New Statesman Prize for Political Economy, is one of Britain's most respected economists. Since 2012, his widely-read Mainly Macro blog has been an influential resource for policymakers, academics and social commentators around the world. This book presents some of his most important work, telling the story of how the damaging political and economic events of recent years became inevitable.
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Preface – Paul Krugman; Introduction; The Macroeconomics of UK Austerity; Eurozone; The Consequences of Austerity; The 2015 UK General Election; The Transformation of the Labour Party; Brexit; The Media, Economics and Electing Donald Trump; Economists and Policy Making; From Neoliberalism to Plutocracy; Conclusions.
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"We tend to agonise over the new forms of darkness unleashed by the internet. But we must also remember the points of intense light it has also allowed into our intellectual lives. Of those lanterns of enlightenment, few shine brighter than Simon Wren-Lewis' blog." Ben Chu, Economics Editor of The Independent
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A timely collection that brings the work of one of Britain’s most important economists to a broader audience. Intended for a wide range of readers and assuming no specialist knowledge, it will serve as an essential guide to some of the most important economic and political issues facing us today.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781529202137
Publisert
2018-11-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Bristol University Press
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter

Biographical note

Simon Wren-Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and author of the widely read Mainly Macro blog. In 2015 he was invited to join the Labour Party’s Economic Advisory Committee, and in 2016 he won the SPERI/New Statesman Prize for Political Economy.