How Long to Read Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery

How Long Does it Take to Read Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 51 minutes to read Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery by David Warsh

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"What The Double Helix did for biology, David Warsh's Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations does for economics." —Boston Globe A stimulating and inviting tour of modern economics centered on the story of one of its most important breakthroughs. In 1980, the twenty-four-year-old graduate student Paul Romer tackled one of the oldest puzzles in economics. Eight years later he solved it. This book tells the story of what has come to be called the new growth theory: the paradox identified by Adam Smith more than two hundred years earlier, its disappearance and occasional resurfacing in the nineteenth century, the development of new technical tools in the twentieth century, and finally the student who could see further than his teachers. Fascinating in its own right, new growth theory helps to explain dominant first-mover firms like IBM or Microsoft, underscores the value of intellectual property, and provides essential advice to those concerned with the expansion of the economy. Like James Gleick's Chaos or Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe, this revealing book takes us to the frontlines of scientific research; not since Robert Heilbroner's classic work The Worldly Philosophers have we had as attractive a glimpse of the essential science of economics.

How long is Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery?

Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery by David Warsh is 464 pages long, and a total of 117,856 words.

This makes it 157% the length of the average book. It also has 144% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 44 minutes to read Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery aloud.

What Reading Level is Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery?

Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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