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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Harford, Tim, 1973- author.     Subjects     Inventions -- Economic aspects -- History.     Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- History.     Economic history.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Harford, Tim, 1973- author.       by title:      The next fifty thing...         MARC Display

The next fifty things that made the modern economy / Tim Harford. by Harford, Tim, 1973- author. London : The Bridge Street Press, 2021. Subjects Inventions -- Economic aspects -- History.   Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- History.   Economic history. ISBN:  9780349144030 (paperback) : 0349144036 (paperback) Description:  344 pages ; 20 cm Contents:  Introduction: the pencil -- part 1. Deceptively simple -- Bricks -- The factory -- The postage stamp -- Bicycles -- Spectacles -- Canned foods -- Auctions -- part 2. Selling the dream -- Tulips -- Queen's ware -- The Bonsack machine -- The sewing machine -- The mail-order catalogue -- Fast-food franchises -- Fundraising appeals -- Santa Claus -- part 3. Moving money -- SWIFT -- Credit cards -- Stock options -- The Vickrey turnstile -- The blockchain -- part 4. Invisible systems -- Interchangeable parts -- RFID -- The Interface Message Processor -- CPS -- part 5. Secrets and lies -- The movable-type printing press -- Menstrual pads -- CCTV -- Pornography -- Prohibition -- 'Like' -- part 6. Working together -- Cassava processing -- Pensions -- QWERTY -- The Langstroth hive -- Dams -- part 7. No Planet B -- Fire -- Oil -- Vulcanisation -- The Wardian case -- Cellophane -- Recycling -- Dwarf wheat -- Solar photovoltaics -- part 8. Our robot overlords -- The Hollerith Punch-card machine -- The gyroscope -- Spreadsheets -- The chatbot -- The CubeSat -- The slot machine -- Chess algorithms. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 609 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 609 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 609 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 609 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Nonfiction 609 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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