What is ‘arrival’ anyway?

The Economics of Arrival, the book I co-authored with Katherine Trebeck, is five years old this month. A lot has happened in the world since then, but a lot of things have remained the same. Politicians are still beholden to economic growth above all else. GDP remains the one metric to rule them all. Economies dependent on growth remain as vulnerable as ever to its disruption.

Which means that if you haven’t read it yet, why not? Pick it up from Earthbound Books UK or US.

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