Reactions
Selected as one of the best books of 2017 by:
—Financial Times (economics)
—Bloomberg (economics)
—Library Journal (business)
Economics lecturers, take note: include Kwak’s book on your syllabus and set aside ample time to discuss its arguments in class.
—Martin Sandbu, Financial Times
“Economism” is a very important and timely book, and anyone who is interested in public affairs should pick up a copy and read it.
—Noah Smith, Bloomberg View
A very good book about how a very large part of the economics profession has failed to get the true message of economics through its own biases and the political and ideological filters.
—Brad DeLon, Brad DeLong’s Grasping Reality
If ever a book arrived to fill a need, this one has.
—Peter Dorman, EconoSpeak
Do you know someone who relentlessly says, “It’s just simple economics,” or “It’s just supply and demand?” Give them “Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality.”
—Louis D. Johnston, MinnPost
While Economism has succeeded as an idea — the same way the virus in a disaster movie “succeeds” during the inevitable scene where the generals and the CDC show the entire map being overwhelmed by one color — its success in creating a world of shared prosperity is debatable, at best.
—Dustin McKissen, Inc.
A spry manifesto that dismantles the many suppositions of modern economic theory.
A thoughtful counterargument to the classical economic ideas frequently encountered in public life. It should be companion reading to every introductory economics text.
