Cheating
The Human Project and Its Betrayal
$70.55
- Hardcover
296 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2026
Summary
What if the poverty, inequality, and instability in modern life are not historical accidents, but the predictable results of a single act of fraud committed five thousand years ago that has never been fixed? This is the argument made by economist and forecaster Fred Harrison. By the time you finish reading, it’s hard to disagree.
The fraud is elegant in its simplicity. When people live and work together, they create a surplus — a net income that belongs to no individual, arising from …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781916517233 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1916517234 |
| Author: | Fred Harrison |
| Publisher: | Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd |
| Imprint: | Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 390g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 158mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
“Harrison is agenuinely heterodox thinker. Rent seeking, he argues is the great destroyer ofcivilisation. He is not wrong.” Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Fred Harrison
Fred Harrison is a British author, journalist, and economist with over 50 years of distinguished experience.
He began his career as an investigative journalist, famously obtaining the prison-cell confession of Moors murderer Ian Brady. This breakthrough, detailed in his book Genesis of the Moors Murders, solved the disappearance of two of Brady’s victims.
Concurrently, he pursued economics, earning a PPE degree from Oxford University and an MSc from the University of London. This led to a second career as a pioneering economic forecaster, credited with rediscovering and applying the theory of the 18-year property cycle. He used this theory to predict the 1992 recession and the 2008 global financial crisis years in advance. His influential books, including The Power in the Land and Boom Bust, critique mainstream economics and explore the devastating impact of land speculation.
He edited Rent Unmasked (2016), which received the 2017 People’s Book Prize “Best Achievement Award for outstanding content/topic by an author that would/could or did lead to excellent benefit to the community.” As Director of the Land Research Trust, Harrison continues to advocate for systemic reform to create an entrepreneurial economy that serves everyone.
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