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The Next Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy by Tim Harford — WisdomDeck honest review

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The Next Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy

by Tim Harford

More short histories of world-changing inventions: the brick, the bicycle, the QWERTY keyboard, the pencil. Bite-sized and surprising.

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Three things you will actually use

Small inventions shape life.
Consequences are unintended.
Notice the mundane.

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Fifty more things.

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