Econocracy

'Our democracy has gone profoundly wrong. Economists have failed us. Politicians have lied to us. Things must change. This fearless new book will help make it happen' Owen Jones

'Anexplosive call for change ... packed with original research ... acasestudy for the question we should all be asking since the crash:how havethe elites - in Westminster, in the City, in economics -stayed incharge?' Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian

'Utterly compelling and sobering' Ha-Joon Chang

A century ago, the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist. Now economics isthe supreme ideology of our time, with its own rules and language. Thetrouble is, most of us can't speak it.

This is damaging democracy.Dangerous agendas are hidden inside mathematical wrappers; controversialpolicies are presented as 'proven' by the models of economic 'science'.Government is being turned over to a publicly unaccountabletechnocratic elite.

The Econocracy reveals that economics istoo important to be left to the economists - and shows us what we can do about it.

'A rousing wake-upcall from a collective of dissident graduate students ... technicallyassured, well-argued and informative' Robert Skidelsky

'If war istoo important to be left to the generals, so is the economy tooimportant to be left to narrowly trained economists ...thought-provoking' Martin Wolf

'An interesting and highly pertinent book' Noam Chomsky