{"product_id":"9781509879151-economists-hour-how-the-false-prophets-of-free-markets-fractured-our-society","title":"The Economists' Hour","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow the False Prophets of Free Markets Fractured Our Society\u003cbr\u003eAfter decades of pervasive influence over government policy, economists have done much to create the world in which we live. And yet, how well do they actually understand human behaviour? As the Western world turns against ‘experts’, has their time come to an end?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A well-reported and researched history of the ways in which plucky economists helped rewrite policy in America and Europe and across emerging markets.’ \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A highly readable, exhilaratingly detailed biographical account.’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the post-World War II economic boom began to falter in the late 1960s, a new breed of economists gained influence and power. Over time, their ideas reshaped the modern world, curbing governments, unleashing corporations and hastening globalization. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir fundamental belief? That governments should stop trying to manage the economy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir guiding principle? That markets would deliver steady growth and broad prosperity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the economists’ hour failed to deliver on its premise. The single-minded embrace of markets has come at the expense of economic equality, the health of liberal democracy and of future generations. Across the world, from both right and left, the assumptions of the once-dominant school of free-market economic thought are being challenged, as we count the costs as well as the gains of its influence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Economists’ Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e writer Binyamin Appelbaum provides both a reckoning with the past and a call for a different future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A reminder of the power of ideas to shape the course of history.’ \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32682914742369,"sku":"9781509879151","price":10.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32666389.jpg?v=1738295064","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509879151-economists-hour-how-the-false-prophets-of-free-markets-fractured-our-society","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}