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The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

By: Tim Harford
Narrated by: Roger Davis
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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.©2020 Tim Harford Business Development & Entrepreneurship Economic History Economics Entrepreneurship Technology Innovation Capitalism
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Critic reviews

Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what what you would expect from Tim Harford (Bill Bryson)
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 (Marcus Berkmann)
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Having loved the first "Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy", I preordered this as soon as I could, and finished it yesterday. Another satifsying glimpse into items that we take for granted, or had forgotten their contribution.

50 more fascinating stories

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Good continuation from the last fifty things. I was hoping that one of these on the list would surprise me though which it didn't unfortunately. Reading's serviceable but not fantastic.

Good continuation.

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Liked the structure of the book and the performance a lot. Extremely clear, great for listening at high speed

Love the performance

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Stories, as always, are brilliant. It seems however that some of the inventions were not that relevant, while the others were crucial. Worth listening to though.

Very good, but not Tim's best book

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So much background story to a lot of things that we don't think much about today. And brilliant narration, very engaging story telling. Would highly recommend to someone interested in history and innovation.

Lots of history and innovation lessons. Narrated beautifully.

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