David Smith is Economics Editor of The Sunday Times and the author of a number of acclaimed books including the Dragon and the Elephant and the best-selling guide to economics Free Lunch.

Something Will Turn Up is his account of the chancellors, prime ministers, Bank of England governors and senior officials he has encountered and interviewed over the last five decades, and their impact on the realities of modern British life since the war. Smith leads us through the mire of government policy and long-term trends with wit and clarity to paint a vivid, personal picture of how we got to now – and where we might go from here.

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