Angrynomics

Description

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? Acknowledgements Introduction: from economics to angrynomics DIALOGUE 1 Public anger and the energy of tribes DIALOGUE 2 The moral mobs and their handlers DIALOGUE 3 Macroangrynomics: capitalism as hardware DIALOGUE 4 Microangrynomics: private stressors, uncertainty and risk DIALOGUE 5 Calming the anger: from angrynomics to an economics that works for everyone Conclusions Postscript: angrynomics in a pandemic Further reading Notes Index