The Zipper Johan Norberg’s New and Improved

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What simple invention required many steps and ultimately took longer to develop than the airplane and electronic computer? In this episode of Johan Norberg’s New and Improved, Norberg shares the humble history of the zipper. • The zipper’s story is a long one, with many attempts and failed iterations before something feasible could be adopted. Even then, it was not embraced until people could be convinced to try it and conceive of its many possible benefits. • The long journey of the zipper embodies the path of most innovations: it takes trial and error, continual experimentation, and improvements that have to be tested by the market. Today, factories produce enough zippers every year to wrap around the world more than a hundred times. • #zipper #zippers #innovation #innovations #freemarket #freemarkets #history • SUGGESTED READING • Mary Bellis, The History of the Zipper • https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-... • • Helen Pilcher, Small Inventions That Made a Big Difference • https://www.amazon.com/Small-Inventio... • • Robert D. Friedel, Charles Barnett III Phil Miller, Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty • https://www.amazon.com/Zipper-Explora... • * * * * * * * * * • Learn more about Johan Norberg’s New and Improved and sign up to receive series updates at https://www.freetochoosenetwork.org/n.... • Follow Johan Norberg on Twitter @JohanKNorberg • / johanknorberg • Johan Norberg is an author, lecturer, and documentary filmmaker, born in Sweden. He is Executive Editor at Free To Choose Media as well as a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington D.C. and the European Centre for International Political Economy in Brussels. He received his M. A. in the History of Ideas from the University of Stockholm. • * * * * * * * * * • Learn more about Free To Choose Media: https://freetochoosemedia.org/ • Shop for related products: https://shop.freetochoosenetwork.org/ • Stay Connected with Free To Choose Media • Facebook: / freetochoosenetwork • Twitter (@FreeToChooseNet): / freetochoosenet • Instagram (@freetochoosenetwork): / freetochoosenetwork • LinkedIn: / free-to-choose-network

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