The Econocracy: the perils of leaving economics to the experts is a 2017 book by Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins that argues that the United Kingdom has become an econocracy, a society in which improving the economy has become the main purpose of politics.
They demonstrate how this undermines democracy, in turn increasing the power and authority of economists.
Aditya Chakrabortty reviewed the book positively in the Guardian calling the book ‘a case study for the question we should all be asking since the crash: how have the elites - in Westminster, in the City, in economics - stayed in charge?'.
[2] Diane Coyle, economist and former vice-Chair of the BBC Trust, reviewed the book on her blog giving a mixed response.
[3] Ha-Joon Chang, author of Economics: The user’s guide, called the book 'Utterly compelling and sobering.'.