Jonathan B. Wight

Hans Rosling, one of the founders of Gap Minder -- the source for brilliant visual data analysis -- asks: "What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution?"

Rosling makes the case for the mundane washing machine. With newly designed graphics, Rosling shows the magic of economic growth for improving womens' lives, and for turning a boring wash day into an "intellectual day of reading" for enhancing human capital.

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