大象传媒 Radio 4 - Things That Made the Modern Economy, Series 1

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Installing Windows might take 5,000 years without the compiler.

Transferring money by text message is far safer and more convenient than cash.

Once too precious to use, light is now too cheap to notice.

Warrior monks, crusaders and the mysterious origins of modern banking.

How vast mega-stores emerged with the help of a design originally drawn in the sand.

How Uncle Sam played an essential role in the creation and development of the iPhone.

It's improved health, school attendance, agricultural productivity and farm worker wages.

How a simple steel box changed the face of global trade.

Saving lives with thin air - by taking nitrogen from it to make fertiliser.

Rudolf Diesel died in strange circumstances after changing the world with his engine.