At long last, after much wrangling, the fantastic editors and publicity folks at Public Affairs Books and I have agreed on a title for my book. Due out in October this year…(drum roll)…

Don’t Buy It
The Trouble with Talking Nonsense About the Economy

Can’t wait to share cover images and other details, all forthcoming. For now, happy to say working middle of the night hours I thought were a grad school relic, I turned in the full manuscript at 11:57 on February 29th. A full 3 minutes before deadline! (Yes, I did get that leap year advantage, I know.)

The book details how our mangled metaphors and messaging missteps on all things economic make it hard — if not impossible — to advocate for the policies we so badly need. Everything from more progressive taxation, to prudent regulation, to addressing environmental destruction, doesn’t make sense if we don’t “prove” the economy is something people create and must control.