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Business

29 June 2026 Book Review

‘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.

22 June 2026 Book Review

‘Ethics for Capitalists’ by Joseph Heath

Review by Richard Godden

Richard Godden reviews a book that provides much to think about in its argument that business ethics must be assessed in the context of our existing economic system – the market economy.

15 June 2026 Book Review

‘Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World’ by Dani Rodrik

Review by Anne R. Bradley

Anne R. Bradley agrees with the major political and economic challenges for the 21st century identified in Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, but suggests that the proposed solutions invite technocracy, autocracy and other unintended consequences.