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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy Episodes

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    Paper

    The Gutenberg press changed the world 鈥� but it could not have done so without paper

  2. Antibiotics

    The tale of antibiotics is a cautionary one, and economic incentives are often to blame

  3. Billy Bookcase

    Low cost, functional and brilliantly efficient, one is produced every three seconds

  4. Compiler

    Installing Windows might take 5,000 years without it

  5. M-Pesa

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

  6. Lightbulb

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

  7. Banking

    Warrior monks, crusaders and the mysterious origins of modern banking

  8. Barcode

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

  9. iPhone

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

  10. Concrete

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

  11. Shipping Container

    The boom in global trade was caused by a simple steel box

  12. Haber-Bosch Process

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

  13. Diesel Engine

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

  14. Welcome to 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

    Welcome to this new 大象传媒 podcast. The first episode will be published within seven days.

  15. Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

    How animals make us smarter 鈥� we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode

  16. Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 2

    Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story

  17. Coming soon: Season two

    Fifty more things are on their way! Tim Harford returns with season two on 25 March 2019

  18. Bonus: 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

    Introducing our new podcast about innovation, technology and the animal kingdom

  19. Bonus Episode: More or Less

    From More or Less: How a forgotten mathematician scooped economists by half a century

  20. Bonus 4: Woodpecker and black box

    The last bonus ep of #30Animals. For more, search for 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

  21. Bonus 3: Mosquito and surgical needle

    Episode 3 of our new podcast: the blood-sucking pest and a pain-free surgical needle

  22. Bonus 2: Octopus and camouflage

    Episode 2 of our new podcast, 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

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