Economics and business books
I was full of good intentions about reviewing some books at greater length in July, as term had ended, but it turned out meetings hadn t ended. In any case, most of the books I read were non-work, listed below. But Continue reading
It s the stage of the academic year where everyone, including me, is feeling pretty burned out. So there is a bit more escapist fiction than usual here. First the work-related reading. We Are Not Machines Sarah O Connor. I wrote Continue reading
I have really enjoyed reading Sarah O Connor s new book We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work. It weaves dispatches from the frontline of how AI and other digital tech is changing people s jobs from screenwriting Continue reading
Another month s roundup (eek). Well, there s another week to go but as it s a long weekend I have time to do this. Work-related first. The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us by Benjamin Recht. Continue reading
It s been a busy, busy academic year so it seems I m only managing monthly round-ups here at the moment. A little more though on two books i ve read in the past few days. One was Mark Fabian s Beyond Happy. Mark, Continue reading
Another month, another quick catch-up post. And actually I ve read very few books by my normal standards. One was a re-read, The Infinite Alphabet by Cesar Hidalgo, as I was in conversation with him at Waterstones in Cambridge. It s a Continue reading
Somehow a whole month scooted by, so this is another round-up post. I read a lot as I was travelling a lot, but wrote little as I also had a big end of month deadline (met just in time). When Continue reading
Where did January go? Just as well it s over, as the worst month of the year. Still, I have read a few things. So this is a quick catch up post. Post Wall, Post Square by Kristina Spohr was recommended Continue reading
It s always a difficult choice, selecting the winner of the annual Enlightened Economist prize. After pondering it for a few days, I m going for Innovation in Real Places by Dan Breznitz: not everywhere can be like Silicon Valley, but that s Continue reading
It s the time of year for the biggest prize of all . I thought I hadn t read as much in 2025 due to general busy-ness of the day job, but it turns out that was a misperception. Having gone through my Continue reading