{"product_id":"extreme-economies-paperback","title":"Extreme Economies: What Life at the World's Margins Can Teach Us about Our Own Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003ebest book of the year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest economics book of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn accessible, story-driven look at the future of the global economy, written by a leading expert \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo predict our future, we must look to the extremes. So argues the economist Richard Davies, who takes readers to the margins of the modern economy and beyond in his globe-trotting book. From a prison in rural Louisiana where inmates purchase drugs with prepaid cash cards to the poorest major city on earth, where residents buy clean water in plastic bags, from the world's first digital state to a prefecture in Japan whose population is the oldest in the world, how these extreme economies function--most often well outside any official oversight--offers a glimpse of the forces that underlie human resilience, drive societies to failure, and will come to shape our collective future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the people who inhabit these places have long been dismissed or ignored, \u003ci\u003eExtreme Economies\u003c\/i\u003e revives a foundational idea from medical science to turn the logic of modern economics on its head, arguing that the outlier economies are the place to learn about our own future. Whether following Punjabi migrants through the lawless Panamanian jungle or visiting a day-care for the elderly modeled after a casino, Davies brings a storyteller's eye to places where the economy has been destroyed, distorted, and even turbocharged. In adapting to circumstances that would be unimaginable to most of us, the people he encounters along the way have helped to pioneer the economic infrastructure of the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once personal and keenly analytical, \u003ci\u003eExtreme Economies\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic travelogue for the age of global turbulence, shedding light on today's most pressing economic questions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is a British economist and journalist. He is a fellow at the London School of Economics, and has served as economic adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers at HM Treasury. The author of\u003ci\u003e Extreme Economies\u003c\/i\u003e, he also served as the economics editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Economist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42103115055239,"sku":"9781250170514","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c58391b782467ea6edb8b5d4c0ba79ad.webp?v=1732410508","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/extreme-economies-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}