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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 May 13, 2019  10m
 
 

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 May 6, 2019  9m
 
 

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 April 29, 2019  8m
 
 

Bicycle


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 April 22, 2019  8m
 
 

QWERTY


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 April 15, 2019  8m
 
 

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