{"product_id":"the-economics-of-belonging-9780691228907","title":"The Economics of Belonging","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Theory, Axiom Business Book Awards\"\u003cbr\u003e\"The real argument of the book comes in the second half, namely that a set of radical but feasible policies holds the solution to inequality. And, if they were implemented, Sandbu eloquently argues, more globalisation would benefit all and defang populist polarisation.\"\u003cb\u003e---Diane Coyle, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] brilliant, if sometimes controversial, exposition of what ails our economies and political systems.\"\u003cb\u003e---Chris Johns, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Economics of Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e is a competent, confidently articulated survey of the academic economics literature on inequality.\"\u003cb\u003e---Paul Collier, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a crisply written analysis of economic discontents and their political consequences. Though written in the pre-pandemic era, the conclusions and prescriptions of this book are very relevant to our current debates.\"\u003cb\u003e---Paschal Donohoe, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wealth of analysis and insight [in] a few hundred pages.\"\u003cb\u003e---Peter Thal Larsen, \u003ci\u003eReuters Breakingviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sophisticated and engaging. . . . Thorough and compelling.\"\u003cb\u003e---Paolo Mauro, \u003ci\u003eFinance \u0026amp; Development\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Economics of Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to the debate about the ‘left-behind’. Sandbu offers a highly readable and carefully argued narrative, which marshals evidence adroitly and proposes a range of policy prescriptions, many of which are persuasive and deserve serious attention.\"\u003cb\u003e---John Tomaney, \u003ci\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Sandbu’s great strengths is his ability to combine analysis of microeconomic welfare policy with macroeconomic and financial policy.  . . . An important achievement of this book is to show that many measures both reduce inequality and improve productivity and growth.\"\u003cb\u003e---Paul Segal, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Economic Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865551778135,"sku":"9780691228907","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691228907.jpg?v=1722274521","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-economics-of-belonging-9780691228907","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}