Although largely absent from modern accounts of the Industrial Revolution, watches were the first mass produced consumer durable, and were Adam Smith's pre-eminent example of technological progress. In fact, Smith makes the notable claim that watch prices may have fallen by up to 95 per cent...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Rediscovering Classical Economics in the Laboratory -- Chapter 3. Price Formation: Overview of the Theory -- Chapter 4. Price Formation: Partial Equilibrium -- Chapter 5. Price Formation: General Equilibrium -- Chapter 6. Financial Instability: Re-tradable...