Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins, The Econocracy: The Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts, Manchester University Press, Pages: 240, 2017, Price: GBP 9.99 (LKR 2,129, Approx.), ISBN: 978-1-5261-1013-8 (pbk)

Abstract

Econocracy: the perils of leaving economics to the experts, authored by a group of Economics students from the University of Manchester, provides a fascinating view of economics education, directly from the horse"s mouth, so to speak. It"s an extremely readable 212-page book organised into six chapters, with a foreword by Andrew Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England. The simplicity of the style and tone makes the book very accessible to a wide audience. Written from the perspective of a generation that grew up around the 2008 global economic crisis, this book is a serious critique of the way in which a particular view of economics has taken over the way in which we define the world, and how generations of economists have been trained in recent times to uphold this view. This book grew out of a movement among economics students in UK, who were increasingly frustrated with the education they were receiving. Despite the authority with which "economics" was presented to them, they found that what they Faculty of