For this month we selected four books which help explain current crises: why governments get it wrong? Can central banks achieve a soft landing? What are the ten overlapping and interconnected threats in the near future? What happens when growth is harder to come by?

For September, we have selected four books on “how did we get here,” from a historical and ideological point of view.

For this month we have selected two books with big ideas on how to modify the Eurozone’s economic governance and how to create a just political economy in the U.S.  A new book on the harm economists can inflict and another on our “fragile future.”

What went wrong with women in economics? Are we trusting numbers too much? Governments or markets are best suited to manage long-term uncertainty? And finally, a short Piketty book!

Does financial regulation encourage risk taking? Why progress toward racial equity in the US is far from steady; What are the problems of sovereignty and democracy posed by international institutions; An insider’s view on UK policymaking…some great reading for this month!

Two books on:  the 21st century monetary policy by Bernanke and the 21st century political and economic disorder by Helen Thompson.  The other two books are on irrationality: the US-China standoff and the puzzling human behavior.

We have selected four books full of advice: How to think about inequality from a completely different perspective; how to choose policies that increase productivity in the EU; how to run financial stress tests and how to fix the intangible economy.

We have selected three books which shed a provocative light on markets, innovation and the transition from an economy based on physical capital to one based on intangibles. The fourth book is a fascinating memoir by Amartya Sen.

For this month the four selected books are on: how central bankers think about their task; how to achieve inclusive growth; the flaws in previous efforts to combat climate change; and on the different narratives of globalization.

Four books that highlight original thinking on the risks from natural disasters, the future of work, the digital economy and sovereign default.