Antara Haldar EVERYMAN with Bidisha

A character-driven psychological drama, it presents economics’ leading man, Neo, the textbook rational actor – with his apostles, Finn, the model ‘finance bro,’ Davos, globalization’s ambassador, Wash, envoy to distant lands, and Tek, the quintessence of the tech industry – tracing their rise through the most significant moments of global economic history: the birth of capitalism to the Great Depression, the Financial Crisis to the ascent of populism. But with the by-the-book Gini and her sister, Palma, protesting the system, Tek contemplating a coup, Ordinary Joe losing patience, and a runaway monster, are they on the edge of a precipitous fall? Kaleidoscopic like global capitalism, Everyman blends fact and fiction, future and history, tragedy and comedy. It combines novelistic flair and cutting-edge research to offer a bold new vision, built on emotion and social cooperation. If we replace a strawman—economics’ apocryphal protagonist—with flesh-and-blood, could we avert tragedy and alter the plot of capitalism? And, as Economic Man and Everyman battle for its soul,who, ultimately, is economics for? Antara Haldar Antara Haldar is a professor at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Faculty at Harvard University. She writes a globally syndicated monthly column forProject Syndicate, and has been published inThe Atlantic,Times Literary Supplement,WIRED,The Independentand elsewhere. Her award-winning research has received millions of dollars in funding, been covered by major media platforms likeFinancial Timesand NPR and cited by the World Development Report and White House. Bidisha Mamata BIDISHA is a presenter, journalist and broadcaster working for the BBC, CNN, Sky News and Channel 5 as well as the main UK broadsheets. She covers the arts and culture as well as human rights and current affairs and offers cultural diplomacy, arts critique and political analysis tying these interests together. Her most recent publication is The Future of Serious Art.