{"product_id":"why-were-getting-poorer","title":"Why We're Getting Poorer","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insider's guide to our broken economy and how it fails\nto serve us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A fascinating examination of the failures of modern\neconomics, and how these failures are harming us all'\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Blakeley,\nauthor of \u003ci\u003eVulture Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Easily one of the most compelling economics\ncommunicators of our generation.' \u003c\/b\u003eYuan Yang, \u003ci\u003eFT\u003c\/i\u003e columnist\nand MP for Earley and Woodley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDid you know that while we think of money as notes issued by\nthe government, the truth is that the overwhelming majority of money today is\ncredit created by private banks?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDid you know that the reason housing keeps getting less\naccessible is because we haven’t found a way to separate houses from land in\nour policies?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnd did you know that far from globalisation being a\nmystical force, certain countries and currencies have dominated the way it has\nplayed out – to their own advantage?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhilst economics is at the heart of the society we live in,\ngoverning so many functions from our taxes to where we live to the price of our\nshopping, few of us have a strong grasp on the subject. This book is here to\nhelp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy We're Getting Poorer\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the key\ntopics in economics – money, globalisation, inequality, climate change and\ngrowth – showing that what we think we know about these things is wrong, and\nteaching us what we really need to know. Deciphering the jargon and complexity\nof economic thinking, with examples ranging from the Simpsons to the German\nfootball league to The Inbetweeners, Cahal Moran shows us why our economy set\nus up to fail, and offers suggestions for how we can make positive changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWritten by an award-winning economist and the YouTuber\nresponsible for ‘Unlearning Economics’, \u003ci\u003eWhy We're Getting Poorer\u003c\/i\u003e is\na thrilling, iconoclastic guide to how the world really works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Cahal Moran\u003c\/b\u003e is a Fellow at the London School of\nEconomics and Political Science. He received his PhD in economics from the\nUniversity Manchester on the subject of prospect theory. He is the co-author of\nthe bestselling book \u003ci\u003eThe Econocracy: on the Perils of Leaving Economics\nto the Experts\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin Press). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe is a lifelong member of the charity Rethinking Economics,\nwhich campaigns for a better economics education and has featured on BBC radio\n4 alongside other members. He also runs a YouTube channel, Unlearning\nEconomics, which has over 119,000 youtube subscribers, 53,000 twitter followers\nand has just launched a podcast. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44919589109967,"sku":"9780008637996","price":25.07,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_93eef622-5816-4800-b177-8c39e3ff76c3.jpg?v=1773738236","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/why-were-getting-poorer","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}