Why did I love this book?
I, like I’m sure many others, have a growing unease when reading the newspapers where we are seeing catastrophic political and economic events play out around the world.
Martin Wolf gives me a sense of relief that there are intelligent, calm voices out there. But even he seems to be shaken in this book. It is a prescription for restoring order to democratic capitalism and a beacon of hope when that sense of unease sets in.
4 authors picked The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and why the marriage between democracy and capitalism is coming undone, and what can be done to reverse this terrifying dynamic
Martin Wolf has long been one of the wisest voices on global economic issues. He has rarely been called an optimist, yet he has never been as worried as he is today. Liberal democracy is in recession, and authoritarianism is on the rise. The ties that ought to bind open markets to free and fair elections are threatened, even in democracy’s heartlands, the United States…
