From micro to macro, Andrew Leigh’s accessible history covers the economic essentials – and an epic rap battle
- Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Andrew Leigh’s The Shortest History of Economics is the latest in a series of such histories, mostly focused on particular countries.
It begins with a striking mini-history of household lighting, focusing on the amount of labour required to produce the light now given off by a standard lightbulb: 58 hours for a wood fire, five hours for a...