{"product_id":"two-hundred-years-of-muddling-through-9780349144276","title":"Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Here''s the history that really matters'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Pitch perfect, fast-moving, brilliantly well-judged'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADAM TOOZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A terrific achievement, covering clearly but with subtlety everything from the spinning jenny to Covid-19''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADITYA CHAKRABORTTY, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Outstanding! Written in a chatty way but contains a remarkable depth and intelligence''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMATTHEW SYED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe UK is, at the same time, both one of the world''s most successful economies and one of Europe''s laggards. The country contains some of Western Europe''s richest areas such as the south east of England, but also some of its poorest such as the north east or Wales. Looking into the past helps understand why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe debates about the balance between economic openness and sovereignty that re-emerged after Brexit would have been familiar to Peel and Cobden in the 1840s. The size of the government''s deficit has dominated politics sin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePitch perfect, fast-moving, brilliantly well-judged. Immensely relevant. This is a history Britain needs. -- Adam Tooze\u003cbr\u003eIn just 300 pages his narrative races from the early 1700s to the Covid pandemic, taking in everything from the South Sea Bubble to the impact of the financial crisis. -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA terrific achievement, covering clearly but with subtlety everything from the spinning jenny to Covid-19. Along the way, Weldon makes some intriguing arguments, such as how successive generations of politicians swear they're fixing problems, only for a new variant to pop up a little later. And he takes on Keynes's assertions that ideas are ultimately what shape history. They don't: what matters most is political power.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Aditya Chakrabortty, Senior Economics Commentator * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eCould hardly be more timely ...Impressively researched, succinctly written and highly readable * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eFor all the popular history published about, say, Anne Boleyn's third cousin thrice-removed, books that outline the fundamental forces of British history - the tectonic economic changes beyond any individual's or even government's control - are surprisingly rare. Thankfully, Duncan Weldon has written just such a book. He pans out from the trees we've become so accustomed to squinting at to show us a vast, wild and unpredictable wood. Here is the history that really matters. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eDuncan Weldon's \u003ci\u003eTwo Hundred Years of Muddling Through \u003c\/i\u003eargues that more muscular intervention in the economy will only be accomplished through a wider overhaul of the British way of thinking * Prospect *\u003cbr\u003eA former British-economy correspondent reflects on 200 years of the country's economic history, showing how politics and the economy have interacted since the Industrial Revolution * The Economist Books of 2021 *\u003cbr\u003eOutstanding! Written in a chatty way but contains a remarkable depth and intelligence. Every economics student should read it -- Matthew Syed","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733660119383,"sku":"9780349144276","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349144276.jpg?v=1720001081","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/two-hundred-years-of-muddling-through-9780349144276","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}