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The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy
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This book is ideal for readers interested in economics, history, and innovation, as well as fans of engaging non-fiction storytelling that illuminates the origins of the modern world.
Based on the series produced for the BBC World Service
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'Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what you would expect from Tim Harford' - BILL BRYSON
'Entertaining . . . A lively introduction to some of the most ingenious, yet often overlooked inventions that have changed the way we live' The Times
'Every Tim Harford book is cause for celebration' - MALCOLM GLADWELL
'Harford is a fine, perceptive writer, and an effortless explainer of tricky concepts. His book teems with good things, and will expand the mind of anyone lucky enough to read it' Daily Mail
In Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, the revolutionary, acclaimed book, radio series and podcast, bestselling economist Tim Harford introduced us to a selection of fifty radical inventions that changed the world.
Now, in this new book, Harford once again brings us an array of remarkable, memorable, curious and often unexpected 'things' - inventions that teach us lessons by turns intimate and sweeping about the complex world economy we live in today.
From the brick, blockchain and the bicycle to fire, the factory and fundraising, and from solar PV and the pencil to the postage stamp, this brilliant and enlightening collection resonates, fascinates and stimulates. It is a wonderful blend of insight and inspiration from one of Britain's finest non-fiction storytellers.
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Praised by Bill Bryson as "endlessly insightful and full of surprises," this book is also commended by the Daily Mail for Harford's perceptive writing and effortless explanation of complex ideas. Readers can expect an enlightening and mind-expanding journey through economic history.
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ISBN: 9780349144030
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 August 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: The Bridge Street Press
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 124.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 280g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Tim Harford is a senior columnist for the Financial Times and the presenter of Radio 4's More or Less. He was the winner of the Bastiat Prize for economic journalism in 2006, and More or Less was commended for excellence in journalism by the Royal Statistical Society in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Harford lives in Oxford with his wife and three children, and is a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. His other books include The Undercover Economist, The Logic of Life and Adapt.
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