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_bLEI 2024
100 1 _aLeigh, Andrew,
_d1972-
_eauthor.
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJk8VvGykhmrGDCw8Hhfv3
245 1 0 _aHow Economics Explains the World :
_bA Short History of Humanity /
_cAndrew Leigh.
250 _aFirst Mariner Books edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bMariner Books,
_c2024.
300 _avi, 228 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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500 _a"Originally published as The shortest history of economics in Australia in 2024 by Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Books Pty Ltd."--Title page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Out of Africa and into Agriculture -- The Grand Canal, the Printing Press and the Plague -- The Age of Sail -- the Industrial Revolution and the Wealth of Nations -- Trade, Travel and Technology Take Off -- Economic Models and the Modern Factory -- World War I and the Depression -- World War II and Bretton Woods -- The Glorious Thirty? -- Markets, Markets Everywhere -- Inflation Targeting and Inequality -- Hot Markets and a Hotter Planet -- The Pandemic and Beyond -- Economics: Past, Present and Future -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Image Credits -- Index.
520 _aEconomist Andrew Leigh presents a dramatically new understanding of human history. Spanning ancient times to the current day, he reveals the hidden economic factors that have shaped every aspect of our world, from determining the outcomes of wars to the endurance of social transformations.
650 0 _aEconomics
_xHistory.
650 0 _aEconomic history.
650 0 _aEconomics
_xSociological aspects.
650 0 _aCivilization
_xEconomic aspects.
650 0 _aWorld history
_xEconomic aspects.
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