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Made in Britain

How the Nation Earns Its living

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Made in Britain

By: Evan Davis
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Looking at how Britain pays its way in the world today. Like Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain or Michael Palin’s Himalaya, the book will have a coherence and life beyond the television series, mirroring its basic structure, but looking at some issues in greater depth, and telling additional stories to illustrate some of the ideas. This book is about the things that Britain produces in order to pay its way in the world, from physical goods that we can see and feel, to intangible services that are much harder to quantify.

We don’t have to be prejudiced in favour of certain types of value: we shouldn’t assume finance is modern and manufacturing out of date, for example. What matters is what sells and for how much. From manufacturing to technology, design and the services industries, this book will provide a cutting edge analysis - via entertaining stories - about what we make and why it matters.

2012, Spears Book Awards, Short-listed

©2011 Evan Davis (P)2011 Hachette Digital Europe Great Britain International England Business

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Critic reviews

A lively, upbeat account of the way we make our living (Sean O'Grady)
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This was a truly pleasurable listen. Evan gives a very impartial and positive overview of the British economy. If you have been reading a news paper or listening to the doom and gloom on TV. Get this book, listen to Evan's account of how Britain does what it does and I guarantee the pride will return.

Really good stuff.

Excellent

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This is an ideal audiobook for listening to on the commute to work. It is interesting, well written and well narrated. It's a shame that a second narrator was used to read each of the quotations. This second narrator was too softly spoken and recorded at a low volume level so I could never hear what he said,

Intetesting and well paced

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Excellent synopsis of how modern economics works and n the UK and beyond. Well presented and easy to understand

Excellent synopsis of how modern economics works

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Listen to the final chapter and conclusion, if nothing else. Consider his was written in 2011… Prescient indeed.

Very prescient

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I enjoyed this book. It's read well, interesting, and at times surprising. Best of all: it's a positive, honest message.

Entertaining and revealing

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I have been looking for the subject for quite some time.

This audio book is very informative and proved my point right that universities are one of Britain's biggest income.

I shall buy another copy as a gift to my country's president.

Finally my questions are answered

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It is a question often asked in a conversation, and then everyone starts to moan that "we don't make anything anymore". The book blows this myth to smithereens by showing what we do make and how well our products are received globally; however it is balanced with what we don't make, and why we don't make those things any more.

The UK's economics and our societies' culture (and to a certain extent its psychology) are examined, indicating why we have a trade deficit and prefer offices to manufacturing.

I'm abbreviating heavily here. This book deserves much more of your time and attention. Evan Davis narrates himself, and I've always found programs or documentaries of his on TV engaging, entertaining and easy to understand. He brings all this to the book; if you're a fan of his style, you'll love the book.

This was one of those audiobooks I didn't want to end.

The UK's Income Explained!

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I really enjoyed this. Easy to listen to and straightforward to follow, interesting throughout, balanced and also with a number of surprises. If the French have car brands and we don't, does it mean they have a larger auto industry? Well, cars are made up of components from all over the world, and the UK supplies a few. Also the retail distribution of cars is an important and essential part of the auto industry value chain. Wheels within wheels.

Lucid

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I came away from this audiobook feeling both informed and entertained. A subject like this could easily be dull, but this work is both written and narrated with real pace and an infectious enthusiasm. Perhaps the best endorsement I can give it, is that it really did change my opinion on the subject. Recommended.

Pitched just right

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An easy to listen to review that put certain ideas into perspective. Thoroughly recommended as a valuable insight to how a global economy operates and the importance of the various economic factors within.

An interesting, understandable view of Economy

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