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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 17 books in this booklist
£20.00 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780241534649 | ISBN 10: 024153464x
RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible form. For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global econ ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781788734981 | ISBN 10: 178873498x
Revolutionary account of transformative potential in the knowledge economy. Adam Smith and Karl Marx recognized that the best way to understand the economy is to study the most advanced practice of production. Today that practice is no longe ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781786091215 | ISBN 10: 1786091216
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that wi ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781788736473 | ISBN 10: 1788736478
Since the Great Recession hit in 2008, the 1% has only grown richer while the rest find life increasingly tough. The gap between the haves and the have-nots has turned into a chasm. While the rich have found new ways of protecting their wealth, every ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780141975399 | ISBN 10: 0141975393
The essential new book from the authors of the international bestseller The Spirit Level. Why is the incidence of mental illness in the UK twice that in Germany? Why are Americans three times more likely than the Dutch to develop gambling proble ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781847941398 | ISBN 10: 1847941397
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Â Economics is broken. It has failed to predict, let alone prevent, financial crises that have shaken the foundations of our societies. Its outdated theories have permitted a world in which extreme poverty persists whil ... more
View book details£17.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781509517213 | ISBN 10: 1509517219
Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social and human damage inflicted by the crisis has given rise to a r ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781138935419 | ISBN 10: 1138935417
What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and social limits? The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly q ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780745336862 | ISBN 10: 0745336868
The world’s eyes are on Greece. Elected in January 2015 under the leadership of Alexis Tsipras, the radical Syriza party sought to challenge the European economic status-quo and secure a better future for the Greek people. The fierce confrontation wi ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783604722 | ISBN 10: 1783604727
Is it possible for businesses to have a bottom line that is not profit and endless growth, but human dignity, justice, sustainability and democracy? Or an alternative economic model that is untainted by the greed and crises of current financial syste ... more
View book details£19.99 hardback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781447320791 | ISBN 10: 1447320794
As inequalities widen and the effects of austerity deepen, in many countries the wealth of the rich has soared. Why we can’t afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781846685606 | ISBN 10: 1846685605
From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, Nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going. From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators ridding us of unwanted pests; an abundance of life creating a genetic codebook tha ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781846945373 | ISBN 10: 1846945372
It is said the market has moods and desires. It is said that we must listen to it and must anticipate how it will respond to our actions. What is the significance of these peculiar forms of speech? This book investigates the conceptual unde ... more
View book details£10.00 hardback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781903458983 | ISBN 10: 1903458986
Just when 'the market' nearly took over all areas of life, the credit, climate and democratic crunches came along, challenging us to rebuild a society that works well for all. Common Wealth asks, 'How can we build a more free, equal, mutual and susta ... more
View book details£14.95 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781900322522 | ISBN 10: 1900322528
An inspiring yet practical new book, Local Money helps you understand what money is and what makes good and bad money. It draws on the considerable track record of experimentation with local money, like the Totnes pound, around the world and gives id ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781847945709 | ISBN 10: 1847945708
As the June 2009 EU Elections approach, it's time for people across Europe to look at what really goes on in Brussels in our name. The EU costs us over GBP700 billion a year - an incredible GBP1500 for every man, woman and child in Europe. So w ... more
View book details£16.95 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781552661055 | ISBN 10: 1552661059
Alternative budgets are becoming an increasingly popular form of poliical action both in Canada and internationally. They demonstrate that there really are more enlightened alternatives which are, at the same time, fiscally responsible. They show tha ... more
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