The in-pile has been growing again and I don't know which of the following books to choose next:

Triumph of the City by Ed Glaeser – one of the most thoughtful and creative economists around, and a terrific subject too, what it means for the world to be more than half urban now. I like the fact that it includes cities from Manchester to Lagos. I've started this so it will probably be at the head of the queue. It has already been reviewed in The Economist and New York Times.

Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding by Charles Kenny – an experienced development economist argues that there has been historically unprecedented progress and the world is a far better place than 60 years ago, even in countries where there seems to have been little economic growth.

Beyond Mechanical Markets: Asset Price Swings, Risk and the Role of the State by Roman Frydman and Michael Goldberg – which argues that financial markets are neither perfectly rational nor irrational but need to be explained with reference to imperfect information. Roman Frydman is speaking soon in London and I'm excited about hearing him.

Beyond the Corporation: Humanity Working by David Erdal – looking at the benefits of shared-ownership businesses (which don't pay their CEOs silly amounts of money because they are well-governed). I'm going to be reviewing this one for The Independent.