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How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley review: the real mother of invention? It’s not necessity
If Ridley is compelling on the factors that aid innovation, he is devastating on what snuffs it out. He launches a detailed assault on the “creationist” myth that governments …
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The Next Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy by Tim Harford review — inventions that made us
Have you heard of the Wardian case? If you are drinking a cup of tea at the moment, you have the case’s unique combination of glass, timber, putty and paint to thank. Same goes if you are sipping a …
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