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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Market Research

Market research marked a shift from a producer-led to consumer-led approach to business

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 August 19, 2017  10m
 
 

Plastic

We make so much plastic these days that it takes about eight percent of oil production

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 August 12, 2017  9m
 
 

Seller Feedback

Without seller feedback, companies like eBay might not have grown as they have

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 August 5, 2017  9m
 
 

Paper Money

Currency derives value from trust in the government which issues it

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 July 29, 2017  9m
 
 

Limited Liability Company

How some legal creativity has created vast wealth down the centuries

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 July 22, 2017  9m
 
 

Dynamo

The big story behind the way dynamos made electricity useful

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 July 15, 2017  9m
 
 

Leaded Petrol

When lead was added to petrol it made cars more powerful – but it also poisoned people

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 July 8, 2017  9m
 
 

Department Store

Harry Selfridge pioneered a whole new retail experience with his London department store

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 July 1, 2017  9m
 
 

Barbed Wire

“Lighter than air, stronger than whiskey” – barbed wire wreaked huge changes in America

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 June 24, 2017  9m
 
 

Tax Havens

Gabriel Zucman invented an ingenious way to estimate how much wealth is hidden offshore

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 June 17, 2017  9m