Fifty things that made the modern economy


Tim Harford
Bok Engelsk 2017
Utgitt
London : Little, Brown , 2017
Omfang
343 s.
Opplysninger
Fra omslaget: Based on the series produced by BBC World Service. - 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.--(Provided by publisher)
Emner
oppfinnelser - teknologi : historie
teknologi - historie
oppfinnelser nyvinninger teknologi økonomiske aspekter økonomi historie innovasjon ideer
Dewey
609 . - 600
ISBN
9781408709122

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