50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
BBC World Service
Gutenberg press
10 minutes Posted Mar 2, 2020 at 2:00 am.
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Johannes Gutenberg's printing press changed the course of human history. It created a new way of doing business, drastically reduced the cost and speed of making books, and enabled texts, ideas and arguments to spread further and faster than ever before. So why did he struggle to make money from it?