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The Econocracy is an explosive assault on the ubiquitous 'expert' dissemination of capitalist-friendly economics, says IAN SINCLAIR
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STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
The Econocracy: On the Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts
by Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins
(Penguin, £9.99)
WHILE studying economics at the University of Manchester, the three authors of Econocracy became disillusioned with how little their education was helping them understand the causes and aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
In response, they set up the Post-Crash Economics Society and are now members of the Rethinking Economics network linking 40 groups in 13 countries.
Their broad thesis in the book is that economists wield a huge amount of influence in society — think of the importance the media gives to the post-budget analysis of the Institute for Fiscal Studies — but have become dangerously disconnected from the general population, with little public oversight.
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