Politics & Economics
The Economist Guide to Commodities 2nd edition
Caroline Bain
The latest comprehensive overview of the forces at work in the world of commodities.
The Digital Silk Road
Jonathan E. Hillman
An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks
Confronting Leviathan
David Runciman
A primer on political theory from bestselling author and host of Talking Politics David Runciman
Spike
Jeremy Farrar
First book on Covid-19 by a scientist on SAGE, assessing how the government 'followed the science'
Mountain Tales
Saumya Roy
A city struggling with the cost of its appetites. A rubbish mountain eighteen stories high. And the people who call it home.
All In It Together
Alwyn Turner
A biting and original history which places culture front and centre to explain how our country went to pieces
The Web of Meaning
Jeremy Lent
A compelling foundation for a new story of interconnectedness, showing how, as our civilization unravels, another world is possible.
The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey
Julia Laite
An immersive historical account of a fascinating and important untold story
The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee
The heartbreaking, liberating truth about what racism has cost all of us
Law in a Time of Crisis
Jonathan Sumption
What is the right relationship between the law and politics, judges and politicians?
How Should A Government Be?
Jaideep Prabhu
When the art of government itself is changing, the old political divisions no longer make sense. Join organisation expert Jaideep Prabhu on a tour of…
How to Spend a Trillion Dollars
Rowan Hooper
A compelling thought experiment that will lead to hours of fruitful debate
The Colonizer and the Colonized
Albert Memmi
In this classic study of European colonialism, Albert Memmi examines the psychological effects of colonial ideology and system on both the colonizer a…
Strongmen
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
A leading academic exposes the historical and cultural contexts which allow political strongmen to thrive
Unconventional Wisdom
Tom Standage
Another bestselling collection of astonishing explainers from The Economist
How Bad Are Bananas?
Mike Berners-Lee
Packed full of information yet always entertaining. From text messages and plastic bags to wars and volcanoes, How Bad Are Bananas? has the carbon ans…
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
Elif Shafak
The Booker Prize-shortlisted author on how staying optimistic can make our world better
How Are We Going to Explain This?
Jelmer Mommers
An international bestseller, the first climate book that doesn't leave the reader depressed: realistic and hopeful, witty and clarifying
The Pink Line
Mark Gevisser
Eye-opening, moving, and crafted with expert research, this is a vital journey of epic scope, across the world's most challenging new frontiers