A RICHER LIFE

A Richer Life How Economics Can Change the Way We Think and Feel by Philip Roscoe is a radical inspiring agenda setting critique that shows how economics invades our most intimate decisions and what the real alternatives might be A brilliant critique Robert Skidelsky prize winning biographer of John Maynard Keynes Impressive important very thoughtful and thought provoking Ha Joon Chang author of 23 Things They Don t Tell You About Capitalism A splendid denunciation of the dismal science a fine book on the side of the angels Guardian A powerful description of the many ways we have lost our bearings as a society makes the case that economics has left us impoverished as human beings a powerful and engaging read Sunday Times Very readable and entertaining Independent Is a promotion at work worth more than time with family Does the price of cheap socks compensate for their being made by children Might a new lover be better than the one you have How do we choose when what we want is bad for someone else In fact in a world as complicated as ours how do we choose at all Over the course of the 20th century economics has become our most trusted science of decision making From government policies to personal decis