Economics

"Half a dozen or more Perspex tanks were linked together through a network of pipes, dams and sluice gates and filled with water stained a deep pink with cochineal dye. It looked like the sort of thing a mad genius might produce if asked to design a water clock."

"Half a dozen or more Perspex tanks were linked together through a network of pipes, dams and sluice gates and filled with water stained a deep pink with cochineal dye. It looked like the sort of thing a mad genius might produce if asked to design a water clock."

https://timharford.com/2024/10/how-a-mind-boggling-device-changed-economic-history/

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Been following him for years, starting with his time on the BBC More or Less program. Great writer, makes ideas very accessible.
Funny how the MONIAC had been on my mind recently, and then Tim's article pops up!

“We need, once again, to find the same attitude to a misfiring economy that young Bill had to his clapped-out truck, that everyone thought beyond repair. We need, once again, economists who can roll up their sleeves and fix things.”

Big fan of Hartford; he does good work. I had the pleasure of interviewing him about his 50 Things book back during Covid