Tim Harford Collection 3 Books Set (Messy, Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, The Undercover Economist)
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Tim Harford Collection 3 Books Set Includes Titles In This Set:- Messy, Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, The Undercover Economist. Description:- Messy: How to Be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World The urge to tidiness seems to be rooted deep in the human psyche. Many of us feel threatened by anything that is vague, unplanned, scattered around or hard to describe. We find comfort in having a script to rely on, a system to follow, in being able to categorise and file away.We all benefit from tidy organisation - up to a point. A large library needs a reference system. Global trade needs the shipping container. Scientific collaboration needs measurement units. Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy The world economy defies comprehension. A continuously-changing system of immense complexity, it offers over ten billion distinct products and services, doubles in size every fifteen years, and links almost every one of the planet's seven billion people. It delivers astonishing luxury to hundreds of millions. It also leaves hundreds of millions behind, puts tremendous strains on the ecosystem, and has an alarming habit of stalling. Nobody is in charge of it. Indeed, no individual understands more than a fraction of what's going on. The Undercover Economist Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month?
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Tim Harford Collection 3 Books Set (Messy, Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, The Undercover Economist)
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