Having had two of our books included in the FT’s prestigious ‘Best summer books of 2025: Economics’ list earlier in the year, we’re delighted to have a third included in Martin Wolf’s “Books of the Year: Economics” list published in the Financial Times this week.

Martin says of Rebecca Harding’s The World at Economic War: How to Rebuild Security in a Weaponized Global Economy:

“Harding is a well-known trade economist who heads the Centre for Economic Security. This book addresses a fundamental question for the UK, which is how to define and defend its economic security. We are, she argues, living in an era of strategic economic competition, ‘which is now tantamount to economic warfare’. The major players, China and the US, are able to employ formidable economic weaponry, as the trade wars of 2025 have demonstrated. Neither is self-evidently either reliable or friendly. Meanwhile, the UK and its European allies mostly have limited fiscal headroom. This is a tough new world. Navigating it requires a changed mindset.”

See here for the full list.