50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

A podcast by BBC World Service

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110 Episodes

  1. Glasses

    Published: 28/10/2019
  2. Vickrey turnstile

    Published: 21/10/2019
  3. GPS

    Published: 14/10/2019
  4. Bonsack machine

    Published: 07/10/2019
  5. Prohibition

    Published: 30/09/2019
  6. Interface Message Processor

    Published: 23/09/2019
  7. Canned food

    Published: 16/09/2019
  8. Interchangeable parts

    Published: 09/09/2019
  9. Oil

    Published: 02/09/2019
  10. Chatbot

    Published: 26/08/2019
  11. Solar PV

    Published: 19/08/2019
  12. Cassava

    Published: 12/08/2019
  13. Fire

    Published: 05/08/2019
  14. RFID: The tech you’ve never heard of – but use every day

    Published: 29/07/2019
  15. Postage stamp

    Published: 22/07/2019
  16. Rubber

    Published: 15/07/2019
  17. CubeSat

    Published: 08/07/2019
  18. Factory

    Published: 29/06/2019
  19. Blockchain

    Published: 24/06/2019
  20. Pencil

    Published: 17/06/2019

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

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