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Money For Nothing: Real Wealth, Financial Fantasies and The Economy of the Future
Author(s): Roger Bootle (Author)
- Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
- Publication Date: 13 Oct. 2005
- Language: English
- Print length: 300 pages
- ISBN-10: 1857882830
- ISBN-13: 9781857882834
Book Description
This title cuts through the hype of the internet revolution without denouncing its significance, it assesses the true nature of the intangible economy and shows that the changes in the world go right to the heart of economics – since what is changing is the very source of value and how it changes over time. The world is on the brink of another leap forward in productive capacity and wealth which is the equivalent of the transformation which took place in our lives with the industrial revolution and the discovery of North America rolled into one – and collapsed into a couple of decades. The results may be a change in our circumstances which will make our lives today every bit as incongruous to the next generation as those of two hundred years ago are to us.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Aimed at the general reader as much as the devotees of the dismal science, this is a thoroughly enjoyable read.” — John Plender, Financial Times
“There is much of value in this book. evident in recent years.Few readers will finish without being stimulated and provoked.” —
Philip Coggan, Financial TimesAbout the Author
One of Britain’s best-known economists, Roger Bootle runs Capital Economics, Europe’s largest macroeconomics consultancy, which he founded. Roger appears frequently on television and radio and is also a regular columnist for The Daily Telegraph. In the Comment Awards 2012 he was named Economics Commentator of the year. He is the author of widely acclaimed books including – The Trouble with Markets, Money for Nothing and The Death of Inflation. Roger is also a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Committee. He was one of the previous Conservative government’s ‘Wise Men’. In July 2012, Roger and a team from Capital Economics won the prestigious Wolfson Economics Prize.
