The Economists' Hour
23 January 2020Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
The story of the economists who championed the rise of free markets and fundamentally reshaped the modern world.
As the post-World War II economic boom began to falter in the late 1960s, a new breed of economists gained in influence and power. Over time, their ideas curbed governments, unleashed corporations and hastened globalization.
Their fundamental belief? That governments should stop trying to...
Details
23 January 2020799 minutes
Dan Bittner
9781509897421Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Lively and entertaining . . . The Economists' Hour is a reminder of the power of ideas to shape the course of history.Liaquat Ahamed, New Yorker
The New York Times financial writer maps the advance of economists-from the Kennedy administration onward-out of the academy and into government, elevating free markets in the sausage-making of public policy and sparking the inequity that plagues us today.O Magazine
An entertaining and well-written look at how market-oriented ideas rose from the academy and transformed nations.Tyler Cowen
Writing in accessible language of thorny fiscal matters, the author ventures into oddly fascinating corners of recent economic history . . . Anyone who wonders why government officials still take the Laffer curve seriously need go no further than this lucid book.Kirkus
