大象传媒 Radio 4 - Things That Made the Modern Economy, Series 2

Things That Made the Modern Economy Series 2 Episodes Available now

Interchangeable parts revolutionised the world of engineering.

The price of oil is arguably the most important price in the world economy.

Have computers finally passed the Turing test, convincing us they themselves are human?

Solar power: an old technology now more advanced and disruptive to the oil energy order.

What does cassava teach us about the hidden social forces that support a modern economy?

Has fire created not only the economy, but also modern humans?

Is RFID introducing an 'internet of things'? Or are its glory days behind it?

Rowland Hill went from disgruntled user to radical reformer of Britain鈥檚 postal system.

Natural rubber still goes mostly into tyres, and its production still causes controversy.

Satellites were once the length of a bus. Now they鈥檙e roughly the size of a Beanie Baby.