The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy by Tim Harford - ISBN: 9781408712665
Hardcover
Remarkable inventions shape our world, discover their surprising stories.

The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

  • Hardcover

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    28 July 2020

Summary

‘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 expl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781408712665
ISBN-10:1408712660
Author:Tim Harford
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:The Bridge Street Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:28 July 2020
Weight:587g
Dimensions:236mm x 158mm x 34mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what what you would expect from Tim Harford

Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what what you would expect from Tim Harford – Bill BrysonHarford 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 * Daily Mail *

About The Author

Tim Harford

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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