Against the Grain
Insights from an Economic Contrarian
Published on 20. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-255-36755-4 (ISBN)
Description
Economists and economics have been harshly criticised recently. This book accepts many of the criticisms of conventional theory but argues that the fundamental insights of economics are capable of reinterpretation and reinvention to deal with a host of contemporary concerns - social networks, globalisation, pay inequality, climate change, automation and the growth of `nudge' policy amongst many others. The author uses his weekly column in the London business newspaper City A.M. to explain new developments in economic thinking and empirical research to a general audience. This book reproduces many of his most provocative columns with accompanying commentary and full references.
The author's witty and informed analysis of events provides an ideal introduction to important ideas for anybody interested in how the modern economy works.
The author's witty and informed analysis of events provides an ideal introduction to important ideas for anybody interested in how the modern economy works.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-255-36755-4 (9780255367554)
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E-Book
04/2018
1st Edition
London Publishing Partnership
€5.99
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E-Book
04/2018
1st Edition
London Publishing Partnership
€5.99
Available for download
Person
Paul Ormerod is an economist, author and entrepreneur. He is currently a Visiting Professor at University College, London (UCL), where he supervises graduate students in machine learning.
Paul read economics at Cambridge and took an MPhil in economics at Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences in 2006, and in 2009 was awarded a DSc honoris causa by the University of Durham for `the distinction of your contribution to economics'. In addition to economic journals, he has published in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), and Evolution and Human Behavior. Paul has published four best-selling books on economics, Death of Economics, Butterfly Economics, Why Most Things Fail and Positive Linking. He has also written for the IEA on many occasions. He was a founder of the Henley Centre for Forecasting Ltd., which the management sold to Martin Sorrell's WPP Group in the 1990s.
Paul read economics at Cambridge and took an MPhil in economics at Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences in 2006, and in 2009 was awarded a DSc honoris causa by the University of Durham for `the distinction of your contribution to economics'. In addition to economic journals, he has published in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), and Evolution and Human Behavior. Paul has published four best-selling books on economics, Death of Economics, Butterfly Economics, Why Most Things Fail and Positive Linking. He has also written for the IEA on many occasions. He was a founder of the Henley Centre for Forecasting Ltd., which the management sold to Martin Sorrell's WPP Group in the 1990s.