Kyle Harrison
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Engines That Move Markets

Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond
Author
Alasdair Nairn
Published
2002
Pages
494
Recommended
Once
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Why it’s on the list: Alasdair Nairn’s history of how investors have priced one technological revolution after another — railways, telegraph, electricity, cars, radio, computers, the internet.

Where I heard about it

  • Unknown — saved as a typed title to my “Books” note, September 2023.

Kyle’s note paired it with Carlota Perez: “Engines that move markets - more storytelling versions.”

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