Economics and
business 2016:
The Rise and Fall
of American Growth: The US Standard of Living since the Civil War. By Robert Gordon. Princeton
University Press; 762 pages; $39.95 and £29.95
Why economic growth soared in America in the early 20th century, and why it won’t be soaring again any time soon, by an outspoken economist who teaches at Northwestern University.
Why economic growth soared in America in the early 20th century, and why it won’t be soaring again any time soon, by an outspoken economist who teaches at Northwestern University.
Global
Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalisation. By Branko Milanovic. Belknap;
299 pages; $29.95. Harvard University Press; £23.95
Surprisingly little is known about what causes inequality. An economist at the Luxembourg Income Study Centre and the City University of New York proposes a bold and interesting new theory.
Surprisingly little is known about what causes inequality. An economist at the Luxembourg Income Study Centre and the City University of New York proposes a bold and interesting new theory.
The Great
Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization. By Richard Baldwin. Belknap;
329 pages; $29.95 and £22.95
Globalisation has changed fundamentally since the internet revolution in the 1990s. Whereas 20th-century trade involved competition between countries, 21st-century trade is fuzzier, with supply chains crossing borders. An American academic, working in Geneva, argues that, while it might be difficult to help the losers, reversing the trend is even harder.
Globalisation has changed fundamentally since the internet revolution in the 1990s. Whereas 20th-century trade involved competition between countries, 21st-century trade is fuzzier, with supply chains crossing borders. An American academic, working in Geneva, argues that, while it might be difficult to help the losers, reversing the trend is even harder.
The Man Who Knew:
The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan.* By Sebastian Mallaby. Penguin Press; 781
pages; $40. Bloomsbury; £25
Once a hero, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve is now being called a villain. Sebastian Mallaby, who used to write for The Economist and is married to our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, examines whether Alan Greenspan was to blame for the financial crisis. Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year award 2016.
Once a hero, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve is now being called a villain. Sebastian Mallaby, who used to write for The Economist and is married to our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, examines whether Alan Greenspan was to blame for the financial crisis. Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year award 2016.
Alibaba: The
House That Jack Ma Built. By Duncan Clark. Ecco; 287 pages; $27.99 and £18.99
An intriguing insider’s account of how Jack Ma conquered China’s internet, by an early adviser to the company
An intriguing insider’s account of how Jack Ma conquered China’s internet, by an early adviser to the company
Eccentric Orbits:
The Iridium Story. By John Bloom. Atlantic Monthly Press; 537 pages; $27.50. Grove
Press; £16.99
The exhaustive (and exhausting) tale of the Iridium communications project and how it was brought back from the dead.
The exhaustive (and exhausting) tale of the Iridium communications project and how it was brought back from the dead.
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