Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy - 352 Pages Freeoffer

Key Features:

• 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.

Product Description 

 Based on the series produced for the BBC World Service. Who 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.

Specifications:

Brand - Hachette UK Distribution Ltd

Title - Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

Type - Read and Learn

Number of Pages - 352

Language - English

Format - Paperback

Author - Tim Harford

Publishing Dates - 14 September 2018

Publisher - Abacus

Items Included in the Package:

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