London Publishing: 73 books

Cover of The BRIC Road to Growth
by Jim O'Neill
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013

The idea that Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRICs") are the rising stars of the world economy is now widely accepted. However, the "old" developed nations have not adjusted to the new world order as they struggle with the legacy of the financial crisis. The BRICs and others...
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Rediscovering Growth

After the Crisis

by Andrew Sentance
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013

The difficult economic climate in Europe and the United States since the financial crisis is set to continue as the New Normal, despite frantic efforts to stimulate growth. The long phase of expansion that lasted from the 1980s until 2008 was driven by easy money, cheap imports and confidence –...
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Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin

From Money that We Understand to Money that Understands Us

by David Birch
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017

Technology is changing money: it has been transformed from physical objects to intangible information. With the arrival of smart cards, mobile phones and Bitcoin it has become easier than ever to create new forms of money. Crucially, money is also inextricably connected with our identities. Your card...
Cover of Financial Stability without Central Banks
by George Selgin, Kevin Dowd, Mathieu Bédard
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018

George Selgin is one of the world's foremost monetary historians. In this book, based on the 2016 Hayek Memorial Lecture, he shows how a system of private banks without a central bank can bring about financial stability through self-regulation. If one bank stretches credit too far, it will be reined...
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A U-Turn on the Road to Serfdom

Prospects for Reducing the Size of the State

by Grover Norquist
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014

This book suggests that drastic reforms are required to reverse the ever-increasing size of the state, a trend experienced in most western nations. The report proposes a reassessment of the scale of government to achieve a reduction in taxation and spending.
Cover of Housing: Where’s the Plan?
by Kate Barker
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014

Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a ‘housing crisis’ in the UK. The housing market has worked well for many people (who have enjoyed the steeply rising values of their homes), which is why change, especially new building, is resisted. But for...
Cover of Taxation, Government Spending and Economic Growth
by Philip Booth, Ryan Bourne, Rory Meakin
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016

Amidst the debates about ‘austerity’ a number of vital debates in public finance have been sidelined. Because the reductions in government spending – small though they have been so far- have been designed to reduce the government’s borrowing requirement, there has been little discussion of...
Cover of Identity is the New Money
by David Birch
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014

This book argues that identity and money are both changing profoundly. Because of technological change the two trends are converging so that all that we need for transacting will be our identities captured in the unique record of our online social contacts. Social networks and mobile phones are the...
Cover of The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator
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Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013

Despite the tens of billions spent each year in international aid, some of the most promising and exciting social innovations and businesses have come about by chance. Many of the people behind them did not consciously set out to solve anything, but they did. Welcome to the world of the reluctant innovator.
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A Better Politics

How Government Can Make Us Happier

by Danny Dorling
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2016

The aim of this book is to inspire a better politics: one that will enable future generations to be happier. Greater well-being and better health should be the goals, rather than wealth maximization. We need to value healthcare more than hedge funds, caring above careers, relationships more than real...
Cover of Why Fight Poverty?
by Julia Unwin
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013

Poverty, and calls to end it, date back centuries. Even in prosperous modern times, despite the huge transformation of society, poverty has persisted. This book looks back at the struggle to end poverty and asks if it is worth it.
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Flaws and Ceilings

Price Controls and the Damage They Cause

by Christopher Coyne, Rachel Coyne, Philip Booth
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015

Price controls across many sectors are currently being hotly debated. New controls in the housing market, more onerous minimum wages, minimum prices for alcohol, and freezes on energy prices are very high up the agenda of most politicians at the moment. Even without any further controls, wages, university...
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Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism

Debunking Myths about the Free Market

by Christopher Snowdon
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014

This IEA publication deals head-on with a number of widely quoted myths about the market economy. In the case of the philosophical myths, such as the idea that economists believe that everybody is greedy, the author, Christopher Snowdon, carefully and entertainingly unpicks the misguided ideas that...
Cover of Driverless Cars: On a Road to Nowhere
by Christian Wolmar
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018

Driverless cars are the future. That is what the tech giants, the auto industry and even the government want us to think. Almost daily there are media stories about how we will soon all be able to rip up our driving licences, sit in the back seat and let the car take us around. But is this really...
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