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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
RRP: £10.99£7.37'A groundbreaking work . . . Federici has become a crucial figure for . . . a new generation of feminists' Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars RoomA cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia... -
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway
RRP: £22.00£16.02**Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award**Picked as a Book of the Year by THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST and NEW STATESMANA BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week'A compelling narrative of the human story' TIM... -
Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber
RRP: £18.99£12.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612194196Author David GraeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 548Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House PublishingWeight(grams) 540g -
The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich
RRP: £16.99£12.28'A landmark in social thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social scientist of the first half of the twenty-first century' MATTHEW SYEDDo you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you... -
The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War by Nicholas Mulder
RRP: £14.99£13.63The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this development A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2022 "Valuable . . . offers many lessons for Western policy makers today."-Paul... -
The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World by Adrian Wooldridge
RRP: £12.99£9.34THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*Shortlisted for the 2021 Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award*'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for many social ills is misplaced-and... -
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class by Joel Kotkin
RRP: £14.99£10.13Following a remarkable epoch of greater dispersion of wealth and opportunity, we are inexorably returning towards a more feudal era marked by greater concentration of wealth and property, reduced upward mobility, demographic stagnation, and increased... -
Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin 9780008661021
RRP: £25.00£16.83THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year' MATTHEW D'ANCONA, EVENING STANDARD 'The first serious and consistently... -
Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant
RRP: £25.00£15.95Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearThe most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of... -
The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest by Edward Chancellor 9781802060157
RRP: £12.99£9.34The first book of the next crisis. A history of interest rates by a leading financial commentator, updated with a new postscript.*Winner of the 2023 Hayek Book Prize**Longlisted for the 2022 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award*All economic... -
Can’t We Just Print More Money?: Economics in Ten Simple Questions by Rupal Patel
RRP: £10.99£8.02'If you feel you should understand how economists think but have no idea where to start, this book is the answer' Financial TimesWhy are all my clothes made in Asia?How do I get a pay-rise?And what even is money?Join Britain's most venerable financial... -
The Economic Government of the World: 1933-2023 by Martin Daunton
RRP: £45.00£32.81An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933In 1933, Keynes reflected on the crisis of the Great Depression that arose from individualistic capitalism: 'It is not intelligent, it is not beautiful, it is not just, it is not virtuous - and it... -
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis 9780241651117
RRP: £25.00£18.02*INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'Extraordinary' The Observer'A stupefyingly pleasurable book to read' New Yorker'Lewis's storytelling is as good as ever' The EconomistFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and... -
Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji 9781847925497
RRP: £30.00£20.95**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'A classic ... wonderfully enjoyable' WILLIAM DALRYMPLEThis is the authoritative history of South Asia in the 20th century.Shadows at Noon tells the subcontinent's story from the British Raj... -
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf 9780141985831
RRP: £12.99£9.34From the author of The Shifts and the Shocks, and one of the most influential writers on economics, a reckoning with how and why the relationship between democracy and capitalism is coming undone We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken... -
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
RRP: £10.99£8.02**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Yanis Varoufakis, world renowned economist, writes to his daughter to teach her the hazards of capitalism.'Why is there so much inequality?' asked Xenia to her father. Answering her questions in a series of accessible and... -
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
RRP: £9.99£6.89THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Coming November 2020 as a major motion picture from Netflix starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close 'The political book of the year' Sunday Times 'A frank,... -
The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
RRP: £19.99£15.28Learn about how the world of government and power works in The Politics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Politics in this overview guide to the... -
The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World by Johan Norberg
RRP: £20.00£13.46'This book is an excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right' Elon Musk'A joyful counterblast... packed with vivid examples... decisive' The Economist'Compelling... Masterful' Daily Mail'A timely reminder of the... -
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £14.99£10.95Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history.From the banking dynasty who funded the Italian Renaissance to the... -
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong
RRP: £10.99£7.50'Lucid and damning ... an absorbing - and infuriating - tale of complicity, coverup and denial' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of EMPIRE OF PAIN A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions... -
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World by Richard Cockett 9780300266535
RRP: £25.00£21.90How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West's intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to... -
The Little Book of Economics: A Pocket Guide to the Key Concepts, Theories and Thinkers You Need to Know by Shaun Rusk
RRP: £6.99£5.12Learn everything you ever wanted to know about economics in this no-nonsense beginner's guideIn a world where everything seems to get more expensive by the day - but most of us don't seem to get any richer - it's easy to feel confused about the economy... -
The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History by David Edgerton
RRP: £18.99£13.61'Forget almost everything you thought you knew about Britain ... You will not find a better informed history' David Goodhart, Evening Standard'A striking new perspective on our past' Piers Brendon, Literary ReviewFrom the acclaimed author of Britain's... -
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
RRP: £16.99£15.93The Road to Serfdom remains one of the all-time classics of twentieth-century intellectual thought. For over half a century, it has inspired politicians and thinkers around the world, and has had a crucial impact on our political and cultural history... -
Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History by Matt Taibbi
RRP: £14.99£9.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385529969Author Matt TaibbiFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Spiegel & GrauPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain by Richard Vinen 9780141993171
RRP: £14.99£10.95A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'There is unlikely to be a fuller or more informative history of Birmingham than Vinen's' Jonathan Coe, Financial Times'Vinen has written a history of Birmingham, but it is also a theory of Birmingham. And also,... -
The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits
RRP: £12.99£9.34'This book flips your world upside down. Daniel Markovits argues that meritocracy isn't a virtuous, efficient system that rewards the best and brightest. Instead it rewards middle-class families who can afford huge investments in their children's... -
Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang
RRP: £20.00£14.29RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible formFor decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland... -
The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
RRP: £19.99£14.20All your complicated economic questions and theories explained by world experts.Economics is a broad topic and if you're not an economist by profession, your knowledge might be limited - until now! The Economics Book is your jargon-free, visual guide to... -
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein 9780471295631
RRP: £18.00£12.69A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller"Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and... -
The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and The Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Rob Copeland 9781529075564
RRP: £22.00£15.10'The most explosive, mind-blowing business book I've ever read' - Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling author of Billion Dollar Whale'Jaw-dropping . . . well-told, well-structured and exquisitely reported' - Financial Times book reviewDiscover the... -
Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Remarkable True Story of the American Capitalists Who Financed the Russian Communists by Antony Cyril Sutton 9781905570355
RRP: £12.99£9.34Why did the 1917 American Red Cross Mission to Russia include more financiers than medical doctors? Rather than caring for the victims of war and revolution, its members seemed more intent on negotiating contracts with the Kerensky government, and... -
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze
RRP: £16.99£12.28Winner of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize'Majestic, informative and often delightful ... insights on every page' Yanis Varoufakis, ObserverThe definitive history of the Great Financial Crisis, from the acclaimed author of The Deluge and The Wages of... -
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution by Maxine Berg
RRP: £25.00£23.25The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a central place. In their remarkable new book, Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson 'follow the money' to document in revealing detail the role of slavery in the... -
Guide To Investing in Gold & Silver: Protect Your Financial Future by Michael Maloney 9781937832742
RRP: £13.99£9.51Michael Maloney is widely recognized as a leading expert on monetary history, economics, economic cycles investing, and precious metals. He is CEO and founder of GoldSilver.com, one of the world's largest gold and silver bullion dealers, CEO and founder... -
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
RRP: £25.99£17.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612199337Author David GraeberFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
RRP: £10.99£8.02THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Listen out for Rutger Bregman. He has a big future shaping the future' Observer 'A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell' New York Times 'The Dutch wunderkind of new ideas' Guardian In Utopia for Realists,... -
Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams
RRP: £9.99£7.36'It's often said that books are compulsory reading, but this book really is compulsory. You cannot understand slavery, or British Empire, without it' Sathnam Sanghera Arguing that the slave trade was at the heart of Britain's economic progress, Eric... -
Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street by Andrew Ross Sorkin
RRP: £16.99£12.28SHORTLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2010They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. Yet they would bring the world to its knees.Andrew Ross Sorkin, the...