TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harford Tim
TI  - Fifty things that made the modern economy
SN  - 9780143429302
AV  - HC79.T4 H356 2017
U1  - 658 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - NEW DELHI
PB  - PENGUIN
KW  - Inventions
KW  - History
KW  - Economic history
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Technological innovations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-328) and index
N2  - "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."--
ER  -