Uncommon Knowledge 9781408307625

Uncommon Knowledge 9781408307625The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How did carrots become orange? What's stopping us from having a four day week? How can we remove all the broken bits of satellite from orbit? If everything is so terrible, why is the global suicide rate falling? The keen minds of the Economist love to look beyond everyday appearances to find out what really makes things tick. In this latest collection of The Economist Explains,

before writing her first acclaimed novel

Are We Nearly There Yet

The gift of 'desperation' arrived to propel him towards a life without drugs and alcohol

told through the eyes of 7 3/4-year-old Jeanie

beginning with Stonehenge and ending with the twentieth century

Is the Pentagon stonewalling her

and free-spirited illustrations

Constantinos Carastavrakis

he has marked himself out as one of the best managers in the world

Valerian is struggling to unravel the mysterious events plaguing our 20th century

Then a mysterious stranger appears

To nowhere