Non-Fiction – Ethical Economics Books and Research

Realonomics

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:14:17 +0000

In Neoclassical Economics – the only theory of economics that students are taught at university – there is no economic cycle, no unemployment, no recession, every market for every product is at a stable equilibrium – permanently, money is a mere medium of exchange that does not affect the economy, and therefore banks are also considered irrelevant. In reality, the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-09…

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Taken for a Ride – 2nd Edition

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:09:49 +0000

South London commercial property owner, Don Riley’s fortunes changed when the government extended Transport for London’s Jubilee Line. The groundbreaking book Taken for a Ride conclusively demonstrates how public money, operated by the government, provides the basis for private profits and guaranteed incomes. Following the 1st edition of Taken for a Ride, Riley, with contributing author Fred…

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The New School of Economics – 2nd Edition

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 08:21:25 +0000

The New Physiocrats have developed a political-economic framework for the latest iteration of the original Physiocracy, modernized and expanded for the 21 st century. It is a movement established on a new way of economic thinking, what they refer to as the “New School of Economics.” The New Physiocratic League has finally managed to reconcile the concerns of the left and right…

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Shepheard Walwyn Classics

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Sat, 20 May 2023 11:02:15 +0000

Providing a unique insight into modern economic problem solving and analysis, these three titles are the first volume in the Shepheard Walwyn Classics Series. For more information, please visit: A Philosophy for a Fair Society – 2nd Edition The Corruption of Economics – 2nd Edition Land and Taxation – 2nd Edition…

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What’s Sex Got to Do with It?

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Sat, 20 May 2023 11:01:25 +0000

How better than to mark the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s book on human evolution than by challenging his theory with an updated version which instead places the female species at the centre of the theory. Sexual selection may have created us, but by refusing to take a good hard look at ourselves and our impact on the planet, we may be granting natural selection the power to eliminate us.

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In Search of Truth

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Sat, 20 May 2023 11:01:25 +0000

The School was founded during the Depression years of the 1930s by Leon MacLaren, son of Labour MP Andrew MacLaren. The School had its roots in the economic theories of Henry George, which the Liberal Party sought to implement before the First World War, and the Labour Party in 1931. From there the School developed and took a new turn in the 1950s, following the discovery of the teaching of…

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Location Matters

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Sat, 20 May 2023 11:01:25 +0000

Land rights confer wealth, but not uniformly. Location matters – building Canary Wharf in a desert without the associated infrastructure would not have made anyone richer. The same effort and investment on a prime site yields a far better return than on a marginal one. The Government is planning to build 300,000 affordable homes, but the price of such a home in London or the North will vary…

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The Fair Tax

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Sat, 20 May 2023 11:01:25 +0000

The tax regime in Ireland, Colm McCarthy points out in his Preface, has been very favourable to property owners, but especially to developers who, together with their banks, took maximum advantage. It fuelled the disastrous property boom with the huge development-site debts racked up by a handful of avaricious developers, and led directly to the Irish state having to shore up the collapsing banks.

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The Possibility of Progress

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Sat, 20 May 2023 11:01:02 +0000

With conventional politics increasingly failing to address the concerns of ordinary people, The Possibility of Progress argues for an alternative to prevailing economic thinking which combines the dynamism of the free market with the ideals of socialism. It offers a solution to the problems of poverty and social injustice which promises fair shares for equal effort…

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Globalisation for the Common Good

SDkd9274hsDkue9 — Sat, 20 May 2023 11:01:02 +0000

Today, despite many significant achievements in science, technology, medicine, transportation and communications, and a vast increase in world trade, the globalized world economy is facing serious socio-economic, political, cultural and environmental problems, of potentially catastrophic proportions. Although many attempts have been made by international organizations like the World Bank and IMF…

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