Tim Harford Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Fifty Things that Made the Modern EconomyCondition: NewEAN: 9780349142630ISBN: 9780349142630Publisher: AbacusFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/02/2018Item Height: 129mmItem Length: 197mmItem Width: 22mmItem Weight: 280gAuthor: Tim HarfordLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0349142637Description: Based on the series produced for the BBC World ServiceWho thought up paper money? How did the contraceptive pill change the face of the legal profession? Why was the horse collar as important for human progress as the steam engine? How did the humble spreadsheet turn the world of finance upside-down?The world economy defies comprehension. A continuously-changing system of immense complexity, it offers over ten billion distinct products and services, doubles in size every fifteen years, and links almost every one of the planet's seven billion people. It delivers astonishing luxury to hundreds of millions. It also leaves hundreds of millions behind, puts tremendous strains on the ecosystem, and has an alarming habit of stalling. Nobody is in charge of it. Indeed, no individual understands more than a fraction of what's going on. How can we make sense of this bewildering system on which our lives depend?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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Business & FinanceRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

Publication Name: Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

Title: Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

EAN: 9780349142630

ISBN: 9780349142630

Publisher: Abacus

Format: Paperback

Release Date: 08/02/2018

Release Year: 2018

Item Height: 129mm

Item Length: 197mm

Item Width: 22mm

Item Weight: 280g

Author: Tim Harford

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0349142637

Country/Region of Manufacture: GB

Genre: Business & Finance