Amit Roy | | Published 17.04.21, 12:33 AM
Even I can understand a simply written new book on economics which explains why gross domestic product is no longer the best way to measure how well a country is doing since it does not take into account other relevant factors, such as the environmental damage caused by a dam, for instance, or unpaid house work by women. But
GDP: The World’s Most Powerful Formula and Why It Must Now Change by Ehsan Masood, a science journalist and senior editor at the journal,
Nature, in London, also tells of the close friendship between Amartya Sen and the late Pakistani economist, Mahbub ul Haq. They first met as undergraduates at Cambridge in 1953 and collaborated in America in 1989 on the possible alternative concept of a “Human Development Index”.
A new book surveys the design of railway graphics – from logos to advertising – in 20th-century US
Designer Ian Logan and journalist Jonathan Glancey have released a new book, Logomotive: Railroad Graphics and the American Dream, as a visual tribute to the graphic design of railroads in mid-20th-century US.
Logan, who had previously designed fabrics for Mary Quant and Jeff Banks in London, arrived in the US in 1968 and became fascinated by the logos and slogans he saw painted on the sides of trains and freight cars. He began to photograph them, as well as buy old train timetables and other ephemera in antique shops, amassing an extensive collection.
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