In his book, Making Things from New Ideas, Chris Dawes analyses the mechanisms of wealth creation and economic growth. He examines how mankind has taken increasing control over his environment by relying on artefacts incorporating new ideas and technologies and shows how this has driven economic growth and created new wealth.

Summary published in Journal of History of Technology, Volume 26, 2005, Published by Continuum, 2006, pp 1. - 21. ISBN 0-8264-8970-2

Making Things from New Ideas - the secret of prosperity, 2005. ISBN 978-0-9551089-0-7