Growth

Daniel Susskind is a compelling, insightful thinker on the largest and most fundamental economic topics. At a time when traditional notions of growth are increasingly being questioned, this book is profoundly important. Agree or disagree, anyone who wants to engage with the broad direction of economic policy needs to reckon with Susskind's views -- Larry Summers What type of economic growth we should pursue, how much of it, and for whose benefit will be crucial questions in the years to come, especially if current trends—more and more inequality, and an increasing concentration of power among the select few companies shaping the future of technology—continue. This well-written, thought-provoking book is essential reading for anybody interested in these epochal debates. -- Daron Acemoglu, author of WHY NATIONS FAIL For two centuries, economic growth has meant longer lives, better health, and material comfort. But has growth now come to an end? What can be done to restart the engine? Or should we halt growth deliberately, given its environmental costs? This panoramic book addresses the most fundamental economic questions from a deeply ethical perspective -- Diane Coyle, Bennet Professor of Public Policy at Cambridge University and author of GDP: A BRIEF BUT AFFECTIONATE HISTORY Growth – the lack of it, the search for it, the barriers to it – is the challenge at the core of most political debates and with which all politicians struggle. Susskind's study is a tour de force. -- Gordon Brown Daniel Susskind writes with verve, style and conviction about one of the most important issues of our age -- Rory Stewart This is a wonderfully elegant and authoritative explanation-cum-manifesto for what is perhaps the most important economic issue facing us today - the mystery of economic growth and what we need to do to solve it -- Andy Haldane Helpful for working out how to think about growth... His policy prescriptions centre on how to generate new ideas. -- Soumaya Keynes * Financial Times * An ambitious attempt to resolve the growth dilemma. -- Edward Chancellor * TLS * Clear and sensible… Growth succeeds smartly as a history of thought * Wall Street Journal * Daniel Susskind provides a timely and thought-provoking book on the history of economic growth… well worth a read… it documents and unpicks much of what is taken for granted about growth. In doing so, it highlights the challenges that currently confront growth but concludes on an optimistic note -- Guy Debelle, former Central Banker * Australian Financial Review * Insightful... a readable and useful introduction to the green-growth perspective * Nature * A forensic look at the whole issue of growth... his call for innovative ways to encourage and apply new ideas is thought-provoking * Financial Times * The paradox of growth—that we suffer from both too much of it and too little of it—drives Susskind's book. His narration properly captures the astonishing triumphs of these shifts, even as he considers their dangers * The New Yorker * A reasoned response to the challenges created by economic growth… Susskind argues convincingly -- Martin Wolf * Financial Times Best Summer Book 2024 * This is an excellent book, developing a clear argument and not afraid to look really big questions squarely in the eye... Susskind believes in the innovative powers of humankind to develop ways to tackle successfully the trade-offs we face; arguing that we should treasure the future and strike out into it with confidence. -- Dame Kate Barker * The Society of Professional Economists *