by Tim Harford · Conecta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416883196
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«Cincuenta innovaciones que han cambiado el mundo» is the economics non-fiction essay by Tim Harford (Conecta, paperback, 352 pages, in Spanish).
Tim Harford covers fifty inventions and ideas, from the plough to the iPhone, and shows how innovation transforms the economy and everyday life. Barcode, gramophone or contraceptive pill: each case reveals unpredictable effects, as it solves one problem while altering balances and customs.
Published in 2018. Translation by Alfonso Barguñó Viana. Edition with flaps. Original title: Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy.
Aimed at readers of economic non-fiction, curious about the history of technology and innovation.
Timothy Douglas Harford, OBE is an English economic journalist who lives in Oxford. Harford is the author of four economics books and writes his long-running Financial Times column, The Undercover Economist, syndicated in Slate magazine, which explores the economic ideas behind everyday experiences. His column in the Financial Times, Since You Asked, ran between 2011 and 2014 and offered a sceptical look at the news of the week.
