The revised edition of The Soulful Science is out very soon and available now for preorder on Amazon UK or Amazon US as well as other booksellers.

Given the hammering economics has taken from its critics as a result of the financial crisis, it's all the more important to appreciate the strengths and insights of the subject. That's exactly what I try to do in Soulful, which explores the substantial changes in economics during the past 20 years – that is, ever since the high tide of free market ideology in the Reagan-Thatcher era.

Here's what reviewers said about the first edition:

“The book is well written, copiously referenced and generous in its
acknowledgement of the relationships between economics and other social
sciences. . . . [T]he general reader . . . will find much to think
about.”–David Throsby, Times Literary Supplement

“Coyle's
style is very accessible, and this book is an excellent survey of the
frontiers of economics for the general reader. Students of economics at
all levels will benefit, as the work's academic credentials are strong,
with more than 300 references to leading books and articles. Overall, The Soulful Science can be recommended highly.”–Paul Ormerod, Times Higher Education Supplement

“The
best thing about [this book] is a deft mapping of the developments in
economic thought. Coyle describes brilliantly the intellectual
geography of her subject.”–Frances Cairncross, Nature

“Most of The Soulful Science
is devoted to a grand whirlwind tour of modern economics, with
fascinating vignettes of individual economists. It's a trip worth
taking, because what economists do has changed considerably in the past
two decades, and the textbooks haven't kept up. Coyle, who is both a
journalist and a Harvard-trained economist, is ideally suited to the
role of tour guide: She understands economists as only a fellow
economist can, and she can write, as most economists cannot.”–David
Colander, American Scientist

“This is an astonishing
book: beautifully written. . . . [I]t is also beautifully edited; it is
the first book I have read in a long time that is equally at home on
either side of the Atlantic–which is not an easy trick to pull
off.”–Andrew Hilton, Financial World

“Fluently written with the balance of a good novel, the result is a tour de force.”–Donald Anderson, Business Economist

News will follow soon about a new book on public value I've written for the BBC Trust. Watch this space.