How Economics Can Save the World: Simple Ideas to Solve Our Biggest Problems

by Erik Angner

How Economics Can Save the World is 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. Your guide is Erik Angner, Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University, who opens the book with the memorable line, “I never meant to be an economist. If anything, I meant to be the opposite.”