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'In Good Faith' by Ryan Avent
Review by Andrew Packman
Andrew Packman reviews a book that recognises the importance of shared beliefs in the functioning of complex societies, but which falls short of providing convincing solutions to problem of their erosion.
‘Irrational Together’ by Adam S. Hayes
Review by Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan reviews a book that argues sociological factors, from networks and class to gender, shape economic behaviour that mainstream economics is inclined to dismiss as irrational.
‘A History of Christian Political Economy’ and ‘Sources in Christian Political Economy’ by Jordan J. Ballor and Erik W. Matson
Review by Clara Piano
Clara E. Piano reviews a pair of interesting and edifying volumes that highlight the classical, Christian roots of fundamental economic questions.
'How Progress Ends' by Carl Benedikt Frey
Review by Andrew Fincham
Andrew Fincham reviews a book that examines the importance for progress of innovation and the types of societies best suited to deliver it, yet problems with organisation, data and a clear thesis mar the work.
‘Shock Values’ by Carola Binder
Review by Bryan Cutsinger
Bryan Cutsinger reviews a historical study of the ways in which arguments in America about money and prices have also always been debates about power and democracy.
'The Christian Roots of American Liberty' edited by Dylan Pahman and John C. Pinheiro
Review by Amanda Porterfield
Amanda Porterfield reviews a collection of sources that shows how Christian thinkers anticipated certain liberal principles articulated in the founding documents of the United States.
'Growth: A History and a Reckoning'
Review by Matthew Lynn
Matthew Lynn reviews a defence of economic growth and rising prosperity that rejects the ‘degrowth’ argument as a failure of economic imagination.
'The Machine Age' by Robert Skidelsky
Review by Andrei Rogobete
Andrei Rogobete comments on a sweeping and erudite critique of modern technological society, challenging in its breadth and perhaps unduly negative in its assessment of the impact of technology.
'The Third Pillar' by Raghuram Rajan
Review by Diana Thomas
Diana W. Thomas reviews a book that diagnoses the decline of community but falls short in its proposed cure and framework for understanding community action.
'The Wealth of a Nation' by Geoffrey Hodgson
Review by Gordon Bannerman
Gordon Bannerman reviews an interdisciplinary assessment of the fundamental importance of legal and financial institutions in the development of capitalism in England between 1300 and 1820.