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Economics in a Post-Pandemic World
As the policy failures of recent decades have shown, navigating the intersection of economic theory and practice is never easy, especially when powerful and wealthy interests are involved. The task for economists, then, is to debate not just economics but political economy, and their own place in it.
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Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.
Martin Sandbu, The Economics of Belonging: A Radical Plan to Win Back the Left Behind and Achieve Prosperity for All, Princeton University Press, 2020.
Robert Skidelsky, What’s Wrong with Economics? A Primer for the Perplexed, Yale University Press, 2020.
LONDON – The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world and the world economy this year. Will it also transform economics?