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Why There More Hairdressers Now Than in 1871

Graham Watson

18th August 2015

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Although this almost sounds like a set-up line from the excellent Twitter feed @corbynjokes, it isn't. It results from an excellent piece of research by Deloitte's Ian Stewart, Debapratim De and Alex Cole, "Technology and people: The great job-creating machine" which was nominated for the Society of Business Economists 2014‑15 Rybczynski Prize.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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