David Pilling: 3 books
Bending Adversity
Japan and the Art of Survival
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
“[A]n excellent book...” —The Economist
Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, including novelist Haruki Murakami, former prime minister Junichiro...
The Growth Delusion
Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
A provocative critique of the pieties and fallacies of our obsession with economic growth
We live in a society in which a priesthood of economists, wielding impenetrable mathematical formulas, set the framework for public debate. Ultimately, it is the perceived health of the economy which determines...
by David Pilling
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
England, 1266 AD. Simon de Montfort is dead, butchered at the slaughter of Evesham, and England lies in ruins after years of civil war. Eager for revenge on his barons, King Henry III has disinherited all of de Montfort’s surviving followers. The war is renewed as thousands of men are left with...