50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 9m. Bisher sind 111 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein wöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 18 hours 3 minutes

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Fast food franchise


How a milkshake-mixer salesman turned a burger restaurant into a global giant


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 January 6, 2020  9m
 
 

CCTV


How do we feel about being watched?


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 December 30, 2019  9m
 
 

Retirement


How should we treat our elders?


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 December 23, 2019  10m
 
 

Santa


Why does Father Christmas wear red and white?


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 December 16, 2019  16m
 
 

Sewing machine


A device that changed women's lives was designed to make a man very rich


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 December 9, 2019  9m
 
 

Hollerith punch card


The machine that turned data into money


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 December 2, 2019  9m
 
 

Stock option


An incentive for good performance, or another way to boost executives' pay?


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 November 25, 2019  10m
 
 

Fundraising appeal


What's the best way to get people to give to charity?


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 November 18, 2019  9m
 
 

SWIFT


A system that solved big problems is now facing its greatest challenge


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 November 11, 2019  10m
 
 

Wedgwood


What does the fashion industry owe to an 18th-century potter?


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 November 4, 2019  9m