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. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 18 hours 3 minutes

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Billy Bookcase


Low cost, functional and brilliantly efficient, one is produced every three seconds


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 January 14, 2017  8m
 
 

Compiler


Installing Windows might take 5,000 years without it


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 January 7, 2017  8m
 
 

M-Pesa


Transferring money by text message is far safer and more convenient than cash


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 December 31, 2016  8m
 
 

Lightbulb


Once too precious to use, light is now too cheap to notice


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 December 24, 2016  8m
 
 

Banking


Warrior monks, crusaders and the mysterious origins of modern banking


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 December 17, 2016  8m
 
 

Barcode


How vast mega-stores emerged with the help of a design originally drawn in the sand


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 December 10, 2016  8m
 
 

iPhone


How Uncle Sam played an essential role in the creation and development of the iPhone.


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 December 3, 2016  8m
 
 

Concrete


It's improved health, school attendance, agricultural productivity and farm worker wages


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 November 26, 2016  8m
 
 

Shipping Container


The boom in global trade was caused by a simple steel box


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 November 19, 2016  8m
 
 

Haber-Bosch Process


Saving lives with thin air - by taking nitrogen from the air to make fertiliser


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 November 14, 2016  8m