50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of 50 inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.
- Website
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c
- Description
- Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of 50 inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-08-28 19:00
- last episode published
- 2021-07-22 17:15
- publication frequency
- 15.64 days
- Contributors
- BBC
- Owner
- BBC World Service
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 111
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- Categories
- Business
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Episodes
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| 2020-03-09 | Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story, told by the people who flew it and saved it. Search for 13 Minutes to the Moon wherever you get your podcasts. #13MinutestotheMoon |
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| 2020-03-02 | Johannes Gutenberg's printing press changed the course of human history. It created a new way of doing business, drastically reduced the cost and speed of making books, and enabled texts, ideas and arguments to spread further and faster than ever befor... |
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| 2020-02-24 | First developed by a toy company in the 1890s, slot machines have become one of the most profitable tools of the gambling trade - but many who play them say winning isn't the point. So why can't people pull themselves away? Tim Harford looks under the ... |
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| 2020-02-17 | In 1997, Garry Kasparov, widely regarded as the world's greatest chess player, was defeated by Deep Blue, a computer. But how much did that reveal about the 'brainpower' of machines? Tim Harford explains by delving into the history of algorithms. They'... |
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| 2020-02-10 | Are things only worth what people are willing to pay for them? Tim Harford explains why a method of buying and selling that originated in ancient times has endured to the present day, and is now underpinning the success of some of the internet's most p... |
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| 2020-02-03 | From reliable water supplies to large-scale electricity generation, the benefits brought by dams can be huge. But so can the problems. Tim Harford explains how these massive structures have changed the world for many, but led to catastrophe for others. |
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| 2020-01-27 | In the 1630s, the Netherlands experienced 'tulip mania' - a surge in demand for tulips from wealthy buyers, with some individual bulbs costing twenty times more than a carpenter's annual salary. Then, in February 1637, the price suddenly crashed. It's ... |
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| 2020-01-20 | In the early 20th Century, makers of sanitary towels had to find a way to sell an item that some people found too embarrassing to mention. In some parts of the world, that stigma still hasn't gone away. Tim Harford charts the controversial history of a... |
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| 2020-01-13 | Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward's miniature greenhouses made it far easier to successfully transport plants, spreading them far beyond their native lands. But that led to major consequences that Ward hadn't foreseen. Tim Harford tells the story of how glass box... |
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