50 Things That Made the Modern Economy Podcast
Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.
Episodes to download
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Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Thu 22 Jul 2021
How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
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Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 2
Mon 9 Mar 2020
Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story
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Gutenberg press
Sat 7 Mar 2020
A revolutionary technology - so why did its inventor struggle to make money from it?
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Fast food franchise
Sat 11 Jan 2020
How a milkshake-mixer salesman turned a burger restaurant into a global giant
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Sewing machine
Sat 14 Dec 2019
A device that changed women's lives was designed to make a man very rich
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Stock option
Sat 30 Nov 2019
An incentive for good performance, or another way to boost executives' pay?
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Vickrey turnstile
Sat 26 Oct 2019
How did an invention that was never built help make the modern world?
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Bonsack machine
Sat 12 Oct 2019
Why did a machine for making cigarettes transform the advertising industry?
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