S1.E8 - The Printing Press - A History of Capitalism

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Moving and storing information has always been vital to economic development. In this episode, we will turn to the story of the printing press, why it triggered the information revolution which was essential to capitalism's rise, and how it transformed economics from the ground up just as the Dutch, English, Portuguese, and Spanish were laying the foundations of global empires.The Erotic Engine: How Pornography has Powered Mass Communication, from Gutenberg to Google by Patchen Barss“Information Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of the Printing Press”, by Jeremiah E. Dittmar, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, Vol. 126A Short History of the Printing Press by Robert HoePaper: Paging Through History by Mark KurlanskyTheatre of the book, 1480-1880 : print, text, and performance in Europe by Julie Stone Peters

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Moving and storing information has always been vital to economic development. In this episode, we will turn to the story of the printing press, why it triggered the information revolution which was essential to capitalism's rise, and how it...

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