'Prasad's book is a dazzling tour de force that spans economics, geopolitics, technology, and society to portray an age whose 'illusions have run their course'. Deeply insightful in identifying the structural causes and interconnections that have created these 'illusory' times, The Last Dance of Rationality is essential reading for our era of beguiling complexity.' Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies

'In The Last Dance of Rationality, Rohit Prasad masterfully navigates the tangled web of interconnected economic, political, social, and ecological risks that confront the global community. With rare clarity, Prasad vividly illustrates the critical inflection point at which the world now finds itself [highlighting] his thesis that the 'Ideology of Rationality' has done much for the world, but has come to unravel under the weight of its own internal contradictions. This work is both timely and indispensable.' Augusto Lopez-Claros, Executive Director of the Global Governance Forum

Rohit Prasad is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at MDI Gurgaon. He has a Ph.D. in Economic Theory from SUNY Stony Brook, USA. He is the author of Start-up Sutra, a bestseller on entrepreneurship, Blood Red River, a travelogue that examines the contours of development conflict in India, and Game Sutra, drawn from a game theory-based fortnightly column for the Mint. He is also the co-author of The Dynamics of Spectrum Management on the economics and institutions of radio frequencies. Rohit is active in policy advisory services and has worked with the Reserve Bank of India, the Department of Telecommunications, and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on a number of projects.