Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept & continue
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign InmyFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
    Most Read
    • Boris Johnson on the brink after Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid quit UK cabinet
    • Nadhim Zahawi: rapid rise of Britain’s new chancellor
    • Nadhim Zahawi to review corporation tax rise as Boris Johnson battles to stay in office
    • Congo’s president Félix Tshisekedi warns of risk of war with Rwanda
    • Cabinet ministers call on Boris Johnson to quit as UK prime minister
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Crypto collapse reverberates widely among black American investors
    • America’s unending horizon of mass shootings
    • US bond market flashes warning signal of economic slowdown
    • Facebook owner Meta to push ahead with digital collectibles plan
    • Oil prices turn sharply lower on fears recession will undercut demand
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Property set to cool as investors face ‘new paradigm’, Brookfield warns
    • French state plans to take full control of EDF
    • Warren Buffett-backed Chinese group BYD overtakes Tesla in global electric vehicle sales
    • BA flight cancellations and refuelling strikes set to bring more travel chaos
    • EY boosts accountancy title inflation by dubbing senior staff ‘partner’
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Cryptocurrencies
    Most Read
    • Live news updates: More than 30 members of UK government quit, heaping pressure on Boris Johnson
    • US bond market flashes warning signal of economic slowdown
    • ECB’s crisis-fighting scheme risks being tied up in legal and political knots
    • Pound traders look past UK political turmoil
    • The stock market still has high hopes
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • This is the endgame for Boris Johnson — but it may not be quick
    • It’s over for Boris Johnson as Tories rush to save themselves
    • Cryptocurrencies are not the new monetary system we need
    • America’s unending horizon of mass shootings
    • Pound traders look past UK political turmoil
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    Most Read
    • Michael Lewis: ‘The thing that really works for Trump is: the system’s rigged’
    • Meet the founders with the boomerang factor
    • British Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run a railway
    • Pop-up leaders and flexible staff are ready for a new crisis
    • Help truly wanted, even if you’ve been in jail
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • Chess: Nepo wins Candidates again as Carlsen asks for new world title format
    • Postcard from Norfolk: the churches marooned behind army lines
    • Galápagos now: when a superyacht meets world heritage site
    • Swimsuits to make a splash in 
    • Worth a shot: 10 intriguing new tennis gadgets
  • HTSI
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • HTSI
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

Your guide to a disrupted world

Start a 4-week trial

Economics books

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Review
    British Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run a railway

    Christian Wolmar’s examination of nationalisation reveals that in the 1980s and 1990s the system was making progress

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    The best books of the week
    Cloudmoney — making the case for cash

    As cryptocurrencies garner attention and other forms of digital payment take hold, Brett Scott warns against the lure of the contactless society

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Summer Books 2022
    What books should you read this summer?

    Listen to our Twitter discussion with FT literary editor Frederick Studemann, deputy books editor Laura Battle and FT Weekend podcast host Lilah Raptopoulos

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Life & Arts
    Summer Books 2022

    From politics, economics and history to art, food and, of course, fiction — FT writers and critics choose their favourite reads of the year so far

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Summer Books 2022
    Best summer books of 2022: Economics

    Martin Wolf selects his best mid-year reads

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Review
    The secret of development? Ask the elite

    Stefan Dercon’s urgent and important book argues that for countries to achieve growth, the people in power have to want it

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Review
    The Chancellors — is the Treasury fit for purpose?

    An economist’s primer on the UK Treasury over the past 25 years highlights how the office has struggled to change with the times

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order — an instant classic

    Gary Gerstle’s economic history is essential reading for learning how we arrived at a reckoning with capitalism

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    A Brief History of Equality — the newly optimistic Thomas Piketty

    The French economist’s latest book condenses the arguments of his previous tomes but is short on the practical politics of real change

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Review
    The best new books on economics

    Martin Wolf rounds up essential reads on war, peace and the problems with free markets

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Review
    Growth is still the answer to the world’s economic problems

    Two economists argue that capitalism can be revitalised by promoting ‘further investment’ in what they call ‘intangible capital’

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    Review
    Share Power by Merryn Somerset Webb — held to account

    This book calls for individual investors to have more say in the running of the companies they own and offers solutions

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    FT SeriesBest Books of the Year 2021
    Best books of 2021: Economics

    Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles for the second half of 2021

  • Monday, 15 November, 2021
    FT Series
    Best Books of the Year 2021

    From politics, economics and history to art, food and, of course, fiction — FT writers and critics pick their favourite reads in our annual round-up of publishing highlights

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    Review
    Cogs and Monsters and The New Economics — quests for a new model

    Two books start with the premise that our present understanding of capitalism is wrong but offer radically different solutions

  • Thursday, 14 October, 2021
    Review
    Samuelson and Friedman — a rivalry that echoes down to the present

    A new look at two giants of postwar economics whose views shaped the free market

  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    The Future of Money by Eswar Prasad — balances of power

    This assessment of the way cryptocurrencies will change the financial system argues that the state will always remain in control

  • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
    Review
    Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through — the end of British hegemony

    A readable and comprehensive history of the rise and fall of the country’s economic power, from the Corn Laws to Brexit

  • Friday, 25 June, 2021
    FT Series
    Summer books 2021
  • Tuesday, 22 June, 2021
    FT SeriesSummer books 2021
    Summer books of 2021: Economics

    Martin Wolf selects his best mid-year reads

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    ReviewPolitical books
    Gordon Brown’s Seven Ways to Change the World — softening the hard blows of globalisation

    The former PM’s call for international co-operation is laudable but overlooks nations’ scope for acting more decisively alone

  • Friday, 11 June, 2021
    Review
    How ‘creative destruction’ drives innovation and prosperity

    Martin Wolf on Philippe Aghion and collaborators’ defence of capitalism and the need for regulation and a social safety net

  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    Review
    Bettering Humanomics by Deirdre McCloskey — path to prosperity

    If economics is to fulfil its potential it needs to overcome its petty spats and combine the sciences and humanities

  • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
    Review
    Tax and its discontents: lessons from history on a modern struggle

    Three books address the ethical, historical and economic aspects of taxation

  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
    Review
    Mark Carney and Minouche Shafik — radical visions from the heart of the establishment

    Two new books turn Margaret Thatcher’s notions on society upside down with calls for a new social contract

Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT ChannelsSecondary Schools

Tools

PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT CommunityFT LiveFT ForumsFT Board DirectorBoard Director Programme

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2022. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

International Edition

Subscribe for full access
  • Switch to UK Edition
  • Top sections
  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Cryptocurrencies
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • HTSI
  • Special Reports
  • FT recommends
  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • FTfm
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Community
    • FT Live
    • FT Forums
    • Board Director Programme
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In