Risks, realism and global realignments — the latest books on economics
Why Britain needs pragmatism not political dogma; the fallout from the US-China faultline; and how knowledge and speed shape prosperity
Why Britain needs pragmatism not political dogma; the fallout from the US-China faultline; and how knowledge and speed shape prosperity

Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles

Policymakers must overcome the mercantilist fallacy that the way to get rich is by running surpluses forever

Experts are struggling in a less predictable world rife with simple and popular answers

Why write about markets at all?

Critiques of free-market capitalism, plus an argument for letting private companies own, buy and sell land on other planets

New priorities are needed to succeed amid unreliable and competing great powers