The Economists' Hour by Binyamin Appelbaum

The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society – Binyamin Appelbaum | Now Available at Bust-Down Books

📉 How Free Market Ideology Shaped—and Fractured—Modern Society 📊

💡 A Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller | Winner of the Porchlight Business Book Award 💡

For decades, economists weren’t seen as power players in politics—until they were. In The Economists' Hour, New York Times editorial writer Binyamin Appelbaum unpacks the rise of economic experts, from Milton Friedman to Arthur Laffer, and how their free-market philosophy reshaped government, business, and globalization.

Once hailed as the architects of prosperity, these economists dismantled government regulations, empowered corporations, and promised endless economic growth. But their unwavering faith in markets led to inequality, financial crises, and the weakening of democracy.

Appelbaum delivers a riveting, expertly researched history of how economists took power—and why their influence is now under scrutiny.

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🔹 What You’ll Learn in The Economists' Hour

✔ How Economists Rose to Power – Discover how economic theorists took control of policymaking in the U.S. and beyond.
✔ The Free Market Revolution – How deregulation, globalization, and tax cuts became the dominant economic playbook.
✔ The Key Players Behind the Movement – From Milton Friedman to Walter Oi, meet the economists who reshaped society.
✔ The Broken Promises of Economic Theory – Why "let the market decide" led to rising inequality and financial crises.
✔ The Future of Economic Policy – How governments can rethink economic rules to create more equitable systems.

📌 ISBN-13: 9780316512343 | ISBN-10: 0316512346

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✔ Students & Academics – A comprehensive, engaging analysis of economic thought and its real-world effects.
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✅ One of the most important books on modern economic policy!
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