The series that this is from '50 Thing that Made the Modern Economy' is really excellent. There is a podcast for it. I can't recommend it highly enough. Harford

The series that this is from '50 Thing that Made the Modern Economy' is really excellent. There is a podcast for it. I can't recommend it highly enough. Harford is also going to write a book on the subject. It even had a pretty decent episode on compilers.