Duncan Weldon, Two hundred years of muddling through: the surprising story of the British economy, Little Brown, London, 2021, 327 pages

Economic history and the history of economic policy are too-little taught and too-little known. A greater awareness of the past might not prevent today’s analysts and policy-makers from making mistakes, or offer easy answers about the path ahead. But it would provide context and a reminder of the unexpected turns a country’s fortunes often take, which would