{"product_id":"how-economics-explains-the-world-a-short-history-of-humanity-a-harvard-economists-sweeping-and-accessible-history-of-how-markets-made-the-modern-world-paperback","title":"How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity – A Harvard Economist's Sweeping and Accessible History of How Markets Made the Modern World (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“If you read just one book about economics, make it\nAndrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia\nGoldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor\nof Economics at Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping, engrossing history of how economic forces\nhave shaped the world—all in under 200 pages\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn\u003ci\u003eHow Economics Explains the World\u003c\/i\u003e, Harvard-trained\neconomist Andrew Leigh presents a new way to understand the human story. From\nthe dawn of agriculture to AI, here is story of how ingenuity, greed, and\ndesire for betterment have, to an astonishing degree, determined our past,\npresent, and future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis small book indeed tells a big story. It is the story of\ncapitalism – of how our market system developed. It is the story of the\ndiscipline of economics, and some of the key figures who formed it. And it is\nthe story of how economic forces have shaped world history. Why didn’t Africa\ncolonize Europe instead of the other way around? What happened when countries\nerected trade and immigration barriers in the 1930s? Why did the Allies win\nWorld War II? Why did inequality in many advanced countries fall during the\n1950s and 1960s? How did property rights drive China’s growth surge in the\n1980s? How does climate change threaten our future prosperity? You’ll find\nanswers to these questions and more in \u003ci\u003eHow Economics Explains the World.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Can a short book survey the full history of something so\nvast and remain readable? To find out, read \u003ci\u003eHow Economics Explains the World\u003c\/i\u003e,\nby Andrew Leigh. In simple, clear language—and less than 200 pages—it does\nexactly what its title promises. … Leigh canters through the history of human\nprogress, pausing briefly to explain the economic forces and ideas that drove\nit forward. … Along the way, readers meet the big economic thinkers who sought\nto explain these forces. Both finance aficionados and mere novices will read,\nsavour and return to this book.” –\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, “The Best New Books to\nRead about Finance”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Leigh\u003c\/b\u003e received his PhD from Harvard University\nand was a professor of economics at the Australian National University. Since\n2010 he has served as an MP in the Australian House of Representatives, where\nhe is Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury. His papers\nhave appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Economic Review, Journal of Public\nEconomics, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEconomic Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and his books\ninclude \u003ci\u003eBattlers and Billionaires, The Luck of Politics,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReconnected,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRandomistas \u003c\/i\u003e(Yale\nUniversity Press)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46246668697807,"sku":"9780063383791","price":31.56,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_cc2b331d-e631-4c9f-b127-f7a4849e4804.jpg?v=1791181189","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/how-economics-explains-the-world-a-short-history-of-humanity-a-harvard-economists-sweeping-and-accessible-history-of-how-markets-made-the-modern-world-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}