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Stuart Trow

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Stuart Trow’s life has been defined by economic failure. He is consumed by how humanity has become characterised by intergenerational strife, economic disaster and financial fragility.

As an econometrics student at the London School of Economics in the 1980s, he was struck by how poorly economics described real life. Why do people consistently live and vote in ways so clearly at odds with both economic theory and their own best interests?

His 100,000-selling "Bluff your way in Economics" was a bold and humorous take on the parlous state of modern economics.

His new book, "Young, Poor and Totally Screwed" distills three and a half decades spent in financial markets, rubbing shoulders with capitalism’s most rapacious winners and Nobel Prize winn
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Young, Poor and Totally Scr...

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Bluff Your Way in Economics

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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin

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In many ways I enjoyed this second book of The Three Body Problem series more than the first because the narrative appeared easier to follow (possibly with the benefit of the TV series too). I was less often trying to understand what the story was and could instead focus on what was happening and the various plot twists. The humanity just seem Read more of this blog post »
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Great Britain? by Torsten Bell
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This was a tough read. The book was written well before Labour’s landslide election victory, but I read it just ahead of the November 2026 budget.

It’s an important book with worthy aims. However, with the author now a senior figure in government and
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Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
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I had enjoyed “Here One Moment” by the same author, so came back to read this one. As some of the reviews mentioned, it took a while to get going, but it didn’t drag for me in the way some have suggested. I was more concerned that it would turn into ...more
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The Secret History of Gold by Dominic Frisby
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A little heavy on the historical context, which was, to be fair, still pretty interesting. But the insight to gold as an incorruptible gauge of value by which to judge fiat money was well taken, particularly in terms of highlighting the systematic de ...more
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The Final Vow by M.W. Craven
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In line with pretty much the entire series, I enjoyed the book, but it began to feel a bit samey and even the twists were a little bit laboured and telegraphed. Still a pretty good series and a bit sad that it feels done (although despite the title, ...more
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The DOSE Effect by T.J. Power
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I wasn’t really expecting very much from this, but it was actually a useful book. Being in my 60s, some of the life challenges simply didn’t apply, but nonetheless there was a lot there that I’d either improved my own life with or some I’d been consi ...more
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No question that I enjoyed the book, being a big Expanse fan and despite having read a couple of the novellas separately. Nevertheless, I guess I had been expecting it all to hang together a little more than it did. That said, the back stories were f ...more
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Exile Economics by Ben Chu
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A very worthwhile read, underling how our interests are so much more aligned than they are in conflict. It recognises that so much that is good about what we do arises from having a global perspective. More importantly there are data, reports and nar ...more
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Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey
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Difficult to review the climax to such an iconic series without spoiling things, so this is necessarily a little light. Sad to be at the end of the series, although I haven’t read all the novellas yet. Enjoyed the read and the narration was compellin ...more
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Why We’re Getting Poorer by Cahal Moran
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Some really interesting stuff in an area with lots of awareness, but precious little useful analysis. While it wasn’t completely uncritical of economics, this isn’t a book a non economist would have written, so although the author being an economist ...more
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