Would You Have Resisted the Imposition of Time Zones?

Would You Have Resisted the Imposition of Time Zones?
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
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An intriguing controversy hit much of the civilized planet in the second half of the 19th century. How would we tell what time it is? For the whole of human history, this was not a problem. Schedules were coordinated based on the position of the sun. With the invention of the sundial—sometime around 1500 BC and used commonly until relatively recently—mankind knew that having the sun overhead meant it was midday.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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