An insider's guide to our broken economy and how it fails to serve us. 'A fascinating
examination of the failures of modern economics and how these failures are harming us all'
Grace Blakeley author of Vulture Capitalism 'Easily one of the most compelling economics
communicators of our generation.' Yuan Yang FT columnist and MP for Earley and Woodley Did you
know that while we think of money as notes issued by the government the truth is that the
overwhelming majority of money today is credit created by private banks? Did you know that the
reason housing keeps getting less accessible is because we haven't found a way to separate
houses from land in our policies? And did you know that far from globalisation being a mystical
force certain countries and currencies have dominated the way it has played out - to their own
advantage? Whilst economics is at the heart of the society we live in governing so many
functions from our taxes to where we live to the price of our shopping few of us have a strong
grasp on the subject. This book is here to help. Why We're Getting Poorer delves into the key
topics in economics - money globalisation inequality climate change and growth - showing
that what we think we know about these things is wrong and teaching us what we really need to
know. Deciphering the jargon and complexity of economic thinking with examples ranging from
the Simpsons to the German football league to The Inbetweeners Cahal Moran shows us why our
economy set us up to fail and offers suggestions for how we can make positive changes. Written
by an award-winning economist and the YouTuber responsible for 'Unlearning Economics' Why
We're Getting Poorer is a thrilling iconoclastic guide to how the world really works.
