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Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A smart, lively history of the world economy, seen through the crucial inventions that shaped it. Who thought up paper money? What was the secret element that made the Gutenberg printing press possible? What is the connection between The Da Vinci Code and the collapse of Lehman Brothers? In [this book], author and economist Tim Harford paints an epic yet intimate picture of economic change by telling the stories of the ideas, people, and tools that...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"None of us has ever lived through a genuine industrial revolution. Until now. Digital technology is transforming every corner of the economy, fundamentally altering the way things are done, who does them, and what they earn for their efforts. In The Wealth of Humans, Economist editor Ryan Avent brings up-to-the-minute research and reporting to bear on the major economic question of our time: can the modern world manage technological changes every...
10) Beyond frames: dynamics beteen the creative industries, knowledge institutions and the urban context
Author
Publisher
[Eburon Academic Publishers]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
RethinkX
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
We are on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, most consequential transformation of human civilization in history, a transformation every bit as significant as the move from foraging to cities and agriculture 10,000 years ago. During the 2020s, key technologies will converge to completely disrupt the five foundational sectors that underpin the global economy, and with them every major industry in the world today. In information, energy, food, transportation,...
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the industrial revolution in the United States, as society changed from reliance on agriculture and trade to modern manufacture.