Richer Life | Philip Roscoe

From government policies to personal decisions - such as buying a house, educating our children, or caring for our sick - economic principles govern both our range of choices and how we choose between them. This book presents a critique that shows how economics invades our most intimate decisions, and what the real alternatives might be.

He is interested in markets and organizing, and has published and lectured on such topics as online dating, organ transplants, non-professional investors and alternative currencies. Philip holds a PhD in management from Lancaster University, an MPhil in medieval Arabic thought from the University of Oxford, and a BA in theology from the University of Leeds. Between studies, he has worked as a financial journalist and tried his hand at running a small business. In 2011 he was one of the ten winners of the inaugural AHRC BBC Radio 3 'New Generation Thinkers' scheme chosen from over a thousand applicants. He is married to Jane, and they have three sons. A Richer Life: How Economics Can Change the Way We Think and Feel was originally published in hardback as I Spend, Therefore I Am.