50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

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For many new mothers who want, or need, to get back to work, infant formula is a godsend

June 10, 2017 9m

The tally stick shows us what money really is: a kind of debt that can be traded freely

May 27, 2017 9m

If anyone could work anywhere, some economists think global economic output would double

May 22, 2017 9m

Intellectual property reflects an economic trade off when it comes to innovation

May 13, 2017 9m

From Spacewar to Pokemon Go, video games have shaped the modern economy in surprising ways

May 6, 2017 9m

Cuneiform, the earliest known script, was used to create the world’s first accounts

April 29, 2017 9m

Invented for the printing industry, air conditioning now influences where and how we live

April 22, 2017 9m

The safety elevator is a mass transit system that has changed the shape of our cities

April 15, 2017 9m

The pill wasn’t just socially revolutionary, it also sparked an economic revolution

April 8, 2017 9m

The TV dinner, and other inventions from the same era, made a lasting economic impression

April 1, 2017 9m