Angrynomics - by Eric Lonergan & Mark Blyth (Paperback)

About the Book

Mark Blyth and Eric Lonergan explore the rising tide of anger, sometimes righteous and useful, sometimes destructive and ill-targeted, and propose radical new solutions for an increasingly polarized and confusing world. Angrynomics is for anyone wondering, where the hell do we go from here?

Book Synopsis

Why are measures of stress and anxiety on the rise when economists and politicians tell us we have never had it so good? While statistics tell us that the vast majority of people are getting steadily richer, the world most of us experience day in and day out feels increasingly uncertain, unfair, and ever more expensive. In Angrynomics, Mark Blyth and Eric Lonergan explore the rising tide of anger, sometimes righteous and useful, sometimes destructive and ill-targeted, and propose radical new solutions for an increasingly polarized and confusing world. Angrynomics is for anyone wondering, where the hell do we go from here?

Review Quotes

Angrynomics provides a good lens to understand the current political events in a broader context. It is also remarkably prescient, given that it outlines a conceptual framework of micro and macro stressors that may soon allow us to understand the implications of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis.-- "Finance and Development"

A new book called Angrynomics, by two of the most thoughtful economists in the game... Lonergan, an Irish hedge-fund manager, is one of the few who truly understands monetary policy and its intricacies; Prof Blyth is a political economist like few others. Together they are a formidable combination.--David McWilliams "Irish Times"

An excellent, thought-provoking book that should be read by anyone with an interest in economics or politics. Angrynomics is a new term to me but one that should be at the heart of political debate.--Philip Coggan "Medium"

Blyth and Lonergan call their book Angrynomics because it is the individual's lived economic experience that drives the anger.--Philip Aldrick "The Times"

In a series of brilliant Socratic dialogues peppered with a score of real-world stories Lonergan and Blyth explain the roots of our current anger - anger over austerity policies, job losses, stagnant wages, million-dollar salaries for the few, broken health systems for the many. But also anger about an economic ideology and political system that seem to ignore people as they are. What to do next? How to reset the system? Never were the answers to such questions more urgent.--Branko Milanovic, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Named a Best Book of 2020 by Financial Times U.S. National Editor Edward Luce.-- "Financial Times"

This book is that rare pre-Covid-19 manuscript that has been made fortuitously more relevant by the virus. It would have been well worth reading anyway.--Ed Luce "Financial Times"

This compelling and challenging book needs to be read.--Matthew Goodwin "Sunday Times"

We live in angry societies. This book, built around lively dialogues between the two authors, explains why that should not be surprising, given what has happened over the last few decades.--Martin Wolf "Financial Times"

With considerable sophistication and a good dose of humour, this book dissects the popular anger that has made our economics unsustainable and our politics dysfunctional. Lonergan and Blyth rightly call for a reset of our current model of capitalism. To their great credit, they also provide creative - and practical - ideas for moving forward.--Dani Rodrik, Harvard University

About the Author

Eric Lonergan is a macro hedge-fund manager, economist, and author. He has written for Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times, and The Economist.

Mark Blyth is the William R. Rhodes '57 Professor of International Economics at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. He is the author of Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea. He contributes to several podcasts and his talks on YouTube are viewed by millions.