{"product_id":"follow-the-money-9780349144665","title":"Follow the Money","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow do we reach a 'new economic normal' after Covid-19? The head of the IFS invites us to follow the money and find out . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is the antidote to naivety that our political class needs.\u003c\/b\u003e Anyone, in fact, who has strong views about how society should be run would benefit from reading it, because every political ambition costs money and as Johnson writes, \"someone has to pay for all this\"... \u003cb\u003eThe story he tells may leave you reeling\u003c\/b\u003e... Johnson's buoyant yet acerbic style will keep you engaged. The sobering realities he lays out are peppered with entertaining asides * Book of the Week, Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo gripping and horrifying that it should probably come with a trigger warning\u003c\/b\u003e: readers may find the content concerning the state of their country's governance upsetting... Given its subject matter, the book is a surprisingly easy read. That's thanks to \u003cb\u003eJohnson's clear, witty prose\u003c\/b\u003e. Few other writers could produce such a palatable explanation of the system of local government finance or make their readers guffaw over the details of VAT collection... \u003cb\u003eThis is a brilliant book. Buy it, read it and weep\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eErudite and informative * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA treasure trove of killer facts\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFollow the Money\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading\u003c\/b\u003e * Tortoise Media *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead it, absorb it, and understand how the country works.\u003c\/b\u003e Johnson uses his talent for crunching the complex into the comprehensible to produce a cheerfully skeptical guide to the British state, revealing it's wisdom and idiocy, and where our money really goes. * Laura Kuenssberg *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is an important book by the economist who has set the terms of so much political debate over the past decade\u003c\/b\u003e. If you want to understand why crazy politics routinely trumps economic rationality in government choices, read this. * Robert Peston *\u003cbr\u003ePaul Johnson - the oracle of fiscal - has provided the perfect guide through this dense thicket of fiscal facts and fictions, both explaining the hard choices we now face and why, as citizens, it matters that we understand and act wisely when making them * Andy Haldane *\u003cbr\u003eFire and passion, combined with the facts. Every politician should get a copy, as the tales of short-sighted, election-fixated, cowardly decision-making are so depressing. And your way forward looks so blindingly sensible. * Polly Toynbee *\u003cbr\u003eReadable and entertaining... \u003cb\u003eJohnson pulls no punches\u003c\/b\u003e in his new book on the public finances which charts Government public policy failures * Municipal Journal *\u003cbr\u003eReaders interested in this subject could hardly hope for a better-qualified author... It should be compulsory reading for every MP and prospective government minister... \u003cb\u003epacked full of interesting data and analysis\u003c\/b\u003e... The real value of this book lies in the fact that Johnson \u003ci\u003edoes\u003c\/i\u003e go far beyond the usual IFS mission, setting out his own agenda for the future * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[A] powerful dissection\u003c\/b\u003e of the stupidities of how we organise taxing and spending -- Will Hutton * Observer *\u003cbr\u003ePaul Johnson's \u003cb\u003esharp and thorough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Follow the Money\u003c\/i\u003e is based on an idea so clear that it's surprising nobody has thought of it before... \u003cb\u003ean energetic and angry book, charged with a strong sense of frustration\u003c\/b\u003e -- John Lanchester * London Review of Books *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733660250455,"sku":"9780349144665","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/follow-the-money-9780349144665","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}