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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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Average rating: 3.9 · 29 ratings · 13 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
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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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Really enjoyed this one. Had liked the Midnight Library and there were echoes of that here (only discovered it was part of the same series afterwards), but it wasn’t a tired rehash. Don’t want to get into spoiler alerts, but I usually listen to audio ...more
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Obviously the real life story was amazing and inspirational, but I felt this account was not so much and that perhaps, in this instance, Mr Mandela was not the right person to tell his own story. At times he clearly played down his influence (through ...more
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Livesuit is similar in tone to the novellas in the Expanse series. The only criticism is the blizzard of characters and only a short amount of story time to become familiar with them (added to which most don't require detail for the story arc). Minor ...more
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What I was hoping from this book was that it would put some flesh on the bones of my understanding of both how China emerged as a global trading power and its subsequent reversion to full autocracy with the rejection of more liberal political ideas. ...more
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A series of bush guide tales, some laugh out loud funny, most self deprecating. Is it the best written book ever? Probably not, but it is as an authentic and entertaining read and right up our street given that we were heading towards the Okavango De ...more
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I enjoy this series immensely, but this felt a shadow of earlier stories. For far too long it seemed more like an X-rated Scooby-Doo and the gang mystery than a Tilly and Poe intrigue. It kind of got there in the end, but there were many times where ...more
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Initially I found it tricky keeping track of all the characters, just as I had with the Expanse series (and that was despite having had the benefit of watching the TV series first). However, as the narrative and the familiarity developed through the ...more
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