Number 51
Revealed 鈥� the winning 51st Thing! Which 鈥渢hing鈥� won the vote to be added to our list of 50? Discover what it is and why it is worthy of being Number 51.
Revealed 鈥� the winning 51st Thing! What won the vote to be added to our list of 50? We asked for ideas for an extra 鈥渢hing鈥� that made the modern economy. We received hundreds of suggestions. Thousands of votes were cast on our shortlist of six. Now we have a winner. Discover what it is and why it is worthy of being Number 51.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Ben Crighton
Editors: Richard Knight and Richard Vadon
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Should you be trusted with a credit card?
Duration: 01:46
Sources and related links
Thomas A. Durkin - Consumer Credit and the American Economy, Oxford University Press, 2014
David S. Evans and Richard Scmalensee - Playing with Plastic: The digital revolution in buying and borrowing, MIT Press, 1999
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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
The stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which helped create the economic world
