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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode. It’s about...

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Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 2

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

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Gutenberg press

Johannes Gutenberg's printing press changed the course of human history. It created a new way of...

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Slot machines

First developed by a toy company in the 1890s, slot machines have become one of the most...

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Algorithms

In 1997, Garry Kasparov, widely regarded as the world's greatest chess player, was defeated by...

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Auctions

Are things only worth what people are willing to pay for them? Tim Harford explains why a method...

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Dams

From reliable water supplies to large-scale electricity generation, the benefits brought by dams...

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Tulips

In the 1630s, the Netherlands experienced 'tulip mania' - a surge in demand for tulips from...

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Sanitary towel

In the early 20th Century, makers of sanitary towels had to find a way to sell an item that some...

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Wardian case

Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward's miniature greenhouses made it far easier to successfully transport...

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Fast food franchise

There are more than 36,000 McDonald's restaurants around the world - but if the McDonald brothers...

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Cctv

Surveillance cameras were invented so Nazi scientists could observe rocket launches from a safe...

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Retirement

As populations age, pension systems around the world are coming under strain. Governments,...

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Santa

Why does Father Christmas wear red and white? It's not for the reason you may think. In an...

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Sewing machine

Women's lives were transformed by sewing machines, which made a "never-ending, ever-beginning...

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Hollerith punch card

Data is a hugely profitable commodity - if you know how to process it. Tim Harford tells the...

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Stock option

In theory, stock options should motivate executives to perform better by tying their pay to their...

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Fundraising appeal

Tim Harford goes back to the 1900s to tell the story of how charity fundraising became big...

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Swift

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication - Swift - solved some big...

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Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood is arguably the best-known name in the history of pottery - but it's not just his...

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