The Economics of Oil and Gas
Xiaoyi Mu
The availability of low-cost energy from fossil fuels – in particular oil – has been the driving force behind postwar global economic growth, such that the petroleum industry has some of the world’s [...]Read More
General Equilibrium
Yves Balasko
The theory of general equilibrium offers a simplified guide to how real economies function: it describes how price, demand, supply and production interact in multiple markets and tend towards a state [...]Read More
Seeing Ourselves
Raymond Tallis
In Seeing Ourselves, philosopher and neuroscientist Raymond Tallis brings together the preoccupations of some fifty years of writing and thinking about the overwhelming mystery of ordinary human [...]Read More
The Size of Government
Vaclav Rybacek
The growing economic power of government has prompted many studies to seek to establish the optimum size of government and how it might relate to economic growth, productivity and inflation. Václav [...]Read More
Slipping Loose
Martin Westlake
The 2016 Brexit referendum result has been portrayed as the consequence of various short-term phenomena: the financial crisis, austerity, migration and UKIP, to name a few. Overnight the political future [...]Read More
Whatever it Takes
George Papaconstantinou
For generations, Europeans have become accustomed to rising prosperity, an increasingly supportive social safety net and the expectation that each generation will fare better than the last. Europe has [...]Read More
Slipping Loose book launch Brussels, 10 December
Martin Westlake will be discussing his new book Slipping Loose at the International Press Centre, Residence Palace, Brussels, on 10 December at 18.30. All welcome.
Rethinking the Governance of the EU and the Euro, LSE
George Papaconstantinou, author of Whatever It Takes and Panicos Demetriades, author of Central Bank Independence and the Future of the Euro will both be discussing their new books and the future of EU governance at the European Institute, LSE on 9 December, 18.30–20.00. All welcome.
Catherine Fieschi Q&A
Catherine Fieschi, author of Populocracy discusses her new book in Chatham House's The World Today.
Our 2020 Catalogue is now available
Download a copy of our 2020 catalogue, which showcases new titles for the coming year and key backlist.
The Gendered Economy series available for free download
To mark the launch of our new series, The Gendered Economy edited by Sara Cantillon and Diane Elson, we have now made the first three titles available for free download: The Sex Economy by Monica O'Connor, The Economy's Other Half by James Heintz, and Collective Bargaining and Gender Equality by Jane Pillinger and Nora Wintour.
*New title* China's Hong Kong
At a time of heightened tensions in Hong Kong, this book offers a balanced and clear-headed appraisal of the politics of this global city, which challenges the assumption that the main dynamic at work in Hong Kong is its tussle for control with Beijing.
