Book review – economics

The unforeseen dangers of Uber and Airbnb

5 March 2016 9:00 am

In Silicon Valley, renting out is the new selling —and renting out stuff that belongs to other people can be…

What went wrong with the world economy: Mervyn King’s analysis

5 March 2016 9:00 am

I once asked an American friend to come and talk to the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation. He…

The best thing about Harry G. Frankfurt’s On Inequality is the paper

17 October 2015 8:00 am

Ten years ago, a philosophy professor at Princeton wrote a book with a provocative, slightly indecent title. It was a…

Piketty’s decaff Marxism would be just as oppressive and intrusive as the old variety

24 May 2014 9:00 am

If a title works once, the chances are it will work again. Half the punch of Marx’s masterwork is in…