Erik Angner is Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University, where he directs the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) Program. He has taught economics and philosophy at multiple universities for some 25 years, and is an appreciated lecturer and keynote speaker. He is the author of two previous books as well as multiple journal articles and book chapters on topics in the intersection of philosophy and economics. He lives in Stockholm with his wife and their three children.
A clear guide into how economic reasoning can filter through noise
and identify solutions for problems, big and small.
*Financial Times*
Angner shows that economics is a deeply moral endeavour that should
give us hope that many of our most pressing problems can be
solved.
*Niall Kishtainy, author of A Little History of Economics*
[T]his book is a success, bucking the trend by prescribing
practical solutions to humanity's biggest challenges and explaining
the economic rationale behind them with refreshing - and highly
readable - clarity
*Tortoise*
A brilliantly clear explanation of how, in the right hands, the
insights of Economics can be used to make the world a better
place
*Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics, Director, Economic
Growth Center, Yale*
Provides an optimistic outline for improving society and our lives.
With pristine clarity, good humor, and solid authority, Angner
sketches solutions to the most stubborn problems, both small and
large, from poor retirement planning to poverty itself. The same
simple yet bracing themes run through all of the success stories:
Rely on data, use the economist's methodological toolkit, and have
a more experimental attitude toward fixing our most difficult
problems. His prescriptions even contain norm-changing hints of how
to get ordinary folks to implement his recommendations. Whether or
not we show the good sense to comply with its lessons, How
Economics Can Save the World exposes the decision-making structures
that cause persistent threats to our happiness and well-being, and
provides readers with the tools, knowledge, and hopeful impulse to
disable these threats'
*John and Mae Calamos Professor of Philosophy, Illinois Institute
of Technology*
This wonderful book demystifies economics and explains the
practical tools it provides for thinking about challenges we all
face in everyday life - from getting small children to go to sleep
to doing what we can to tackle climate change.
*Professor of Public Policy, Cambridge University*
A fun and engaging read, designed to help us make better choices,
lead better lives, and make a better world. Angner teaches us how
to understand the life-defining realities of our world as
economics, from sleep-training a baby, choosing between jobs, or
building a community. He then teaches us how to manages those
realities-including how to save and invest-- by applying the tools
and insights learned from economic theory and behavioral
research
*Millstone Family Professor, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Yale
*
Angner blends economic history, theory and practice wonderfully to
draw out how powerful economics can be. Written in an accessible
and engaging way, this book is full of lessons to show how
economics can practically make your life, and the world around you,
a better place
*Bank of England economists and authors of Can’t We Just Print More
Money?*
A book brimming with beautiful explanations of important ideas and
surprising discoveries
*Tore Ellingsen, Stockholm School of Economics, former Chair of the
Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred
Nobel*
A fascinating, playful approach to a subject that can so often seem
complicated and unrelated to the challenges of everyday life. With
an engaging, entertaining style, Angner blends the practical and
theoretical to leave the reader informed and inspired to put this
way of thinking into practice
*author of But Are You Alive? *
Did you know that economics has a lot to say about building
communities, figuring out how to avoid fooling ourselves, and may
even possess the key to being happy in life? Angner makes a case
for all these points and more. He is the perfect tour guide to
economics
*Stanford University*
How Economics Can Save The World makes the convincing case that
economics is about so much more than money ... whether that means
helping people make better decisions about how to spend our limited
time, or developing a more effective way to encourage organ
donations, or figuring out how to sift through contrary parenting
advice and find the approach that works. All these things, Angner
painstakingly explains, are economics in action. And what's more,
we can use these principles in our own lives to make the world a
better place.
*Lecturer at the University of Bristol and author of On Being
Unreasonable*
An excellent book for people who want to know what economists
do.
*Robbie Mochrie, Senior Lecturer, Heriot-Watt University*
A fun and highly informative read
*The Irish Times*
A really nicely done introduction to economics and what it can do.
It’s a great book for a young adult/teenager considering studying
economics, or perhaps an adult who has always wanted to know what
economics is but never quite dared to find out
*Five Books*
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