New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2023. Angus Deaton is the 2015 Nobel Laureate in Economics. Blending rare personal insights with illuminating perspectives on the social challenges that confront us today, this book explains how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of our time - from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation's uniquely disastrous health care system - and narrates Deaton's account of his experiences as a naturalized US citizen and academic economist.