Fifty things that made the modern economy /
Harford Tim
Fifty things that made the modern economy / 50 things that made the modern economy. Tim Harford. - NEW DELHI PENGUIN 2017 - 343 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-328) and index.
"From the tally-stick to Bitcoin, the canal lock to the jumbo jet, each invention in Tim Harford's fascinating new book has its own curious, surprising and memorable story, a vignette against a grand backdrop. Step by step, readers will start to understand where we are, how we got here, and where we might be going next. Hidden connections will be laid bare: how the barcode undermined family corner shops; why the gramophone widened inequality; how barbed wire shaped America. We'll meet the characters who developed some of these inventions, profited from them, or were ruined by them. We'll trace the economic principles that help to explain their transformative effects. And we'll ask what lessons we can learn to make wise use of future inventions, in a world where the pace of innovation will only accelerate."--
9780143429302 9780143429302
2017431432
GBB775822 bnb
018330848 Uk
Inventions--History.
Economic history.
Economic history.
Inventions--Economic aspects.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
History.
HC79.T4 / H356 2017
658
Fifty things that made the modern economy / 50 things that made the modern economy. Tim Harford. - NEW DELHI PENGUIN 2017 - 343 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-328) and index.
"From the tally-stick to Bitcoin, the canal lock to the jumbo jet, each invention in Tim Harford's fascinating new book has its own curious, surprising and memorable story, a vignette against a grand backdrop. Step by step, readers will start to understand where we are, how we got here, and where we might be going next. Hidden connections will be laid bare: how the barcode undermined family corner shops; why the gramophone widened inequality; how barbed wire shaped America. We'll meet the characters who developed some of these inventions, profited from them, or were ruined by them. We'll trace the economic principles that help to explain their transformative effects. And we'll ask what lessons we can learn to make wise use of future inventions, in a world where the pace of innovation will only accelerate."--
9780143429302 9780143429302
2017431432
GBB775822 bnb
018330848 Uk
Inventions--History.
Economic history.
Economic history.
Inventions--Economic aspects.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
History.
HC79.T4 / H356 2017
658
