Why advanced economies are struggling to build; how Britain can boost growth; plus books on inequality and poverty ...

The Technological Republic. By Alexander Karp and Nicholas Zamiska. Crown Currency; 320 pages; $30. Bodley Head; £25 ...

"Few mothers are thrilled to learn that their daughter is dating an economist," says John Kay in the FT. Most people think economists are obsessed with interest rates, GDP statistics and other ...

HOW DO YOU concoct a plausible fictional near-future, in which people’s reliance on technology has gone too far? If you read “The Dream Hotel”, a gripping new novel, you can discern one recipe.

The Federal Reserve's 'Beige Book' report on the economy was shot through with the word "uncertainty" and its synonyms, as ...

From Penguin to Profile: the early years So he persuaded an old friend, former Economist journalist Stephen Bruff, to join his fledgling start-up, Profile Books, established on 1 April 1996.