50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

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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Gyroscope

The gyroscope: a remarkable device used to guide everything from submarines to satellites

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 April 8, 2019  9m
 
 

Bonus 3: Mosquito and surgical needle

Episode 3 of our new podcast: the blood-sucking pest and a pain-free surgical needle

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 April 8, 2019  15m
 
 

Cellophane

Cellophane transformed how consumers purchased food, as well as how producers sold it

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 April 1, 2019  9m
 
 

Bonus 2: Octopus and camouflage

Episode 2 of our new podcast, 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

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 April 1, 2019  13m
 
 

Langstroth Hive

The Langstroth Hive: a wooden box that made the industrialisation of the bee possible

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 March 25, 2019  11m
 
 

Bonus: 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

Introducing our new podcast about innovation, technology and the animal kingdom

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 March 25, 2019  15m
 
 

Coming soon: Season two

Fifty more things are on their way! Tim Harford returns with season two on 25 March 2019

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 March 17, 2019  1m
 
 

Index Fund

Warren Buffett is one of the world’s great investors. His advice? Invest in an index fund

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 January 17, 2019  9m
 
 

Special Bonus: Santa Claus

Why does Father Christmas wear red and white? It is not for the reason you may think

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 December 17, 2018  10m
 
 

How Louis Bachelier Scooped Economists by Half a Century

A forgotten French mathematician’s unusual approach to the stock market.

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 January 15, 2018  9m