I love world history. The more I study about world history, the more i realize, the world history is about study of economic.
On early century of human civilization, everyone is a entrepreneur. People able to survive by starting own small businesses and trading. There are no factory, no big corporation that provided jobs. No one own the land but the king and baron.
Not until 1492, the story of great explorers begun. Ferdinand Magallen, Cortez, Christopher Columbus, they sailed out to ocean blue of Atlantic ocean and found America. But the fact is, they are not out looking for new land for prosper with, they are out to search for new faster trait route to far east - a new economy to prosper with. However, the because of America is founded, the world has changed dramatically, the industrial age is started.
Ferdinand Magellan | |
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Born | 1480 Sabrosa, Portugal |
Died | April 27, 1521 (aged 40–41) Cebu, Philippines |
Other names | pt: Fernão de Magalhães es: Fernando de Magallanes |
Known for | Captained the firstcircumnavigation expedition. |
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Industrial age begin. It is the age of creativity. Steam machine is introduced. The productivity has increased significantly. Small business is wipe out by machine. No one wiling to risk their venture in small business to compete with the giant corporation. Employment culture emerged.
The golden age of industrialization continue growth over 400 years. On 1905, Henry Ford had made Ford - the peak of industrial age. Continue by more and more large company is established during 20 century such as General Electric by Thomas Edison. Then, on 1939, war world 2 explode and end on 1945. The rise of cold war age. During the cold war, the weight of your warhead that counted, how much payload it can generate. The world is controlled by 2 super power, living in fear of nuclear war - The world War 3.
Henry Ford | |
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Henry Ford, c. 1919 | |
Born | July 30, 1863 Greenfield Township, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | April 7, 1947 (aged 83) Fair Lane, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. |
Occupation | Business, Engineering |
Net worth | ▲$188.1 billion, based on information from Forbes – February 2008. |
Religion | Protestant Episcopal |
Spouse(s) | Clara Jane Bryant |
Children | Edsel Ford |
Parents | William Ford and Mary Ford |
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Not until 1989, 500 years after Columbus sail out to America, the tumble of Berlin wall, it a mark of the end of industrial age & cold war, and the "world wide web" went up - the Information age. During the industrial age, big is better, but during information age invisible is best. During the information age, the warhead and payload is not counted, what counted is the speed of your modem. During the cold war, the world is controlled by 2 super power. During the information age, no one is in charged. The world become smaller. Money can move in the speed of light. It means, today you might be the tip of the pinnacle, but tomorrow, your business might be wipe out of you are not in "speed".
Today, we see billionaires in their twenties such as the founder of Google.,inc Sergey Brin; founder of Facebook, Mark Zukerberg and many more. Their empire is not the skyscraper but in the virtual world created invisibly to our eye with the speed of modem and information.
Mark Zuckerberg | |
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Mark Zuckerberg in Paris in 2008 | |
Born | Mark Elliot Zuckerberg May 14, 1984 White Plains, New York, USA |
Occupation | Co-founder, CEO & President ofFacebook |
Net worth | US$4 billion (2010)[1] |
Religion | Atheist[2] |
By study the history of the economic, we aware of changes. And by understanding the nature of the economy, we be able to prepare ourself to think and act to prosper. Many of us are still in the industrial age idea, which will cost them lifetime and left behind by those who evolve and change.
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