Stephanie Baker

Nov 18, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Daniel Susskind |John Kay |Stephanie Baker |Andrew Leigh

In the list below, we’ve tried to include a range of economics books, mostly accessible to the general reader: “It’s his look at how you resolve the dilemma that has emerged in the last 200 years of economic growth being both the most potent way of increasing prosperity and reducing poverty, while at the same time a catalyst for widening inequality and environmental depredation. So the good and the bad of growth: what is the solution to the tension between the two? He takes on some of the...

Nov 10, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Alexei Navalny |Stephanie Baker |Richard Evans |William Dalrymple

It’s been a great few months for new nonfiction, with books appearing on a number of people and topics that I was keen to know more about. As always, apologies for all the great books I’ve missed and the usual caveat applies: in this roundup I’m led by my interests and gaps in my knowledge, so it is a very personal choice.