Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MXV2YGI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 391 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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sien said A fantastic history of various inventions and developments that have had a huge impact. Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy ("A fantastic history of various inventions and developments that have had a huge impact" according to sien. Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy (2017) by Tim Harford is a history of fifty very important technologies that have had a huge impact on the modern economy. It's a bit like James Burke's superb TV shows Connections and the Day the Universe changed but for the loyal listener set. Chapters from the book were first put into a podcast series that is also very interesting and well done.Harford was a professional economist before becoming a writer for the Financial Times and then a presenter on BBC radio. He's written a number of books on economics and has now written this one looki. 017) by Tim Harford is a history of fifty very important technologies that have had a huge impact on the modern economy. It's a bit like James Burke's superb TV shows Connections and the Day the Universe changed but for the loyal listener set. Chapters from the book were first put into a podcast series that is also very interesting and well done.Harford was a professional economist before becoming a writer for the Financial Times and then a presenter on BBC radio. He's written a number of books on economics and has now written this one looki
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In the process, he introduces characters who developed some of these inventions, profited from them, and were ruined by them, as he traces the principles that helped explain their transformative effects. He lays bare often unexpected connections: how the bar code undermined family corner stores, and why the gramophone widened inequality. From the plough to artificial intelligence, from Gillette’s disposable razor to IKEA’s Billy bookcase, bestselling author and Financial Times columnist Tim Harford recounts each invention’s own curious, surprising, and memorable story. Invention by invention, Harford reflects on how we got here and where we might go next. A lively history seen through the fifty inventions that shaped it most profoundly, by the bestselling author of The Undercover Economist and Messy. Who thought up paper money? What was the secret element that made the Gutenberg printing press possible? And what is the connection between The Da Vinci Code and the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy paints an epic picture of change in an intimate way by telling the stories of the tools, people, and ideas that had far-reaching consequences for all of us. The result is a wise and witty b
He’s the author of the bestselling The Undercover Economist, Messy, The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, Adapt, and The Logic of Life. Tim Harford is an award-winning journalist, economist, and broadcaster. He’s a visiting fellow of Nuffield College at Oxford University and lives in Oxford with his family. He has been named Economics Commentator of the Year (2014), has won the