50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

A podcast by BBC World Service

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110 Episodes

  1. Tally Stick

    Published: 5/27/2017
  2. Passports

    Published: 5/22/2017
  3. Intellectual Property

    Published: 5/13/2017
  4. Video Games

    Published: 5/6/2017
  5. Cuneiform

    Published: 4/29/2017
  6. Air Conditioning

    Published: 4/22/2017
  7. Elevator

    Published: 4/15/2017
  8. Contraceptive Pill

    Published: 4/8/2017
  9. TV Dinner

    Published: 4/1/2017
  10. Gramophone

    Published: 3/25/2017
  11. Battery

    Published: 3/18/2017
  12. Public Key Cryptography

    Published: 3/11/2017
  13. Robot

    Published: 3/4/2017
  14. Disposable Razor

    Published: 2/25/2017
  15. Clock

    Published: 2/18/2017
  16. Google

    Published: 2/11/2017
  17. Insurance

    Published: 2/4/2017
  18. Paper

    Published: 1/28/2017
  19. Antibiotics

    Published: 1/20/2017
  20. Billy Bookcase

    Published: 1/14/2017

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Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.