Stuart Trow's life has been defined by economic failure. He is consumed by how humanity has become characterised by intergenerational strife, economic disaster and financial [...] an econometrics student at the London School of Economics in the 1980s, he was struck by how poorly economics described real life. Why do people consistently live and vote in ways so clearly at odds with both economic theory and their own best interests?His 100,000-selling Bluff your way in Economics was a bold and humorous take on the parlous state of modern economics. This new book distils three and a half decades spent in financial markets, rubbing shoulders with capitalism's most rapacious winners and Nobel Prize winners alike. This shadowy space between theory and reality is where the real economics occurs. One misstep here crashes markets and can condemn an entire [...] research contributions range from seeing through the veneer of innovative financial products spawned by reckless monetary policy to forensically unpicking the causes of economic [...] he's not obsessing about why the rich always win, he's a widely published opinion columnist and sometime radio show host. He is married to his inspiration, Vicky, and together they have received a life lesson in how much more difficult things are for their offspring, Georgie and Lewis, than they had been back in their [...] is also a 4th Dan karate black belt.