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Tim Harford
The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

Tim Harford
The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

2021 | Nakladatelství Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.

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 an…d 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. 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 th…at 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.

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Stav:	nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	352
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	0349144036
ISBN:	9780349144030
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	7. 4. 2025 12:51
Číslo položky:	1203605

O autorovi

Tim Harford

Práce z oboru ekonomie a financí.Tim Harford píše pro list Financial Times známý sloupek ?The Undercover Economist? a v časopise Men?s Health vede rubriku „Dear Economist“. Publikuje i v dalších časopisech a novinách jako Esquire, Forbes, New York Magazine, Wired, The Washington Post a The New York Times. Napsal také několik knih, z nich nejznámější je The Undercover Economist , které se po světě prodalo přes jeden milion výtisků. Dalšími jsou Logika života , Dear Undercover Economist a The Undercover Economist Strikes Back . Harford je hostujícím profesorem na Nuffield College v Oxfordu a na londýnské Cass Business School. V roce 2006 získal Bastiatovu cenu za ekonomický žurnalismus. Uvádí také pořad More or Less vysílaný stanicí BBC Radio 4.

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