The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy has just been published, following closely on the heels of the second edition ...   more »

Routledge this time, and experimental economics and central banking catch my eye.   more »

We economists are romantic and poetic, as well as soulful. Well, maybe.    more »

Browsing through the catalogues reveals a fine crop of forthcoming titles pretty much across the board. At MIT Press, The ...   more »

The spring publishers' catalogues are arriving, so here's a preview of what new titles will be out during the next ...   more »

Off to Delhi tomorrow for a few days to launch a report on the impact of mobiles in India. As ...   more »

One of many fascinating aspects of the Credit Crunch is the way it puts the spotlight on money as a ...   more »

Two long train rides in a day (Trowbridge and back) gave me chance to finish reading Martin Wolf's new book ...   more »

Paul Collier's marvellous book about poverty and economic development is just out as an OUP paperback, I noticed in the ...   more »

Most Sundays I meet a couple of friends for a mini-philosophical salon (ok, a drink and chat), and last week ...   more »

Economics Gangsters by Ray Fisman and Ted Miguel is a terrific book mainly about why bad governments and corruption wreck economics - some great examples of applied economics in action. There's a review of it in the next edition of The Business Economist. Romesh tells me it's one of the books featured in the VoxEU podcast - they do books from time to time. If you're interested, here's the link:
http://www.voxeu.eu/index.php?q=node/1260

Part of my holiday reading was Trucking Country by Shane Hamilton, a new title from my own dear publisher Princeton ...   more »

My new blog about economics books will be starting shortly - watch this space!   more »