A Financial Times Best Book of 2025

Economica recounts mankind’s journey from poverty to prosperity, starting in the Stone Age and continuing to the present day, offering a more accurate history of us all.

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“ An epic story . . . an important retelling of global economic history that puts women at the centre.”

FINANCIAL TIMES
"Erudite, ambitious and richly global in scope."

PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads
“Ambitious, wide-ranging and absorbing—this book sets a new standard in economic history.”

TIM HARFORD, author of The Undercover Economist

“ An epic story . . . an important retelling of global economic history that puts women at the centre.”

"Erudite, ambitious and richly global in scope."

“Ambitious, wide-ranging and absorbing—this book sets a new standard in economic history.”