Ben Chu is a brilliant guide both to economic ideas and to hard economic reality. Exile Economics is a smart, vivid and humane account of the way the world really works - and the dangers that now face us all -- Tim Harford, author of THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST In this beautifully written and researched book, Ben Chu lays out clearly and compellingly why seeking self-sufficiently, in everything from food to energy, technology to talent, is more likely to undermine than strengthen growth and security given the interdependency of modern supply chains -- Andy Haldane, former chief economist of the Bank of England & Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts Ben Chu is one of the most outstanding economic journalists of our time. He writes with brilliant clarity, diligence and compassion -- Victoria Derbyshire, BBC Newsnight lead presenter A superb and well-reasoned discussion of the issue that may come to affect all our lives . . . This is the book to read if you want to understand what might be about to hit the world economy -- Evan Davis As Chu eloquently shows, a world built on open trade is much better than the alternative -- Sunday Times Chu has delivered a powerful attack on what he calls "exile economics" . . . There are far better alternatives to "exile". He is so right -- Martin Wolf, Financial Times
