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Series 1 We make so much plastic these days that it takes about eight percent of oil production.
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Series 1 Property rights for the world's poor could unlock trillions in 'dead capital'.
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Series 1 The big story behind the way dynamos made electricity useful.
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Series 1 Do welfare states boost economic growth, or stunt it? It's not an easy question to answer.
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Series 1 Refrigeration revolutionised the food industry, and other industries too.
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Series 1 The TV dinner, and other inventions from the same era, made a lasting economic impression.
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Series 1 The safety elevator is a mass transit system that has changed the shape of our cities.
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Series 1 The pill wasn't just socially revolutionary, it also sparked an economic revolution.
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S-Bend The S-bend was a pipe with a curve in it, an invention that led to public sanitation
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Series 1 When lead was added to petrol, it made cars more powerful - but it also poisoned people.
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Series 1 The plough kick-started civilisation - and ultimately made our modern economy possible.
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Series 1 Geeks versus government - the story of public key cryptography.
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Series 1 The plough kick-started civilisation - and ultimately made our modern economy possible.
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b098ns1w
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Series 1 King Camp Gillette created the disposable razor. But his influence extends beyond shaving.
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Series 1 Currency derives value from trust in the government which issues it.
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Series 1 Market research marked a shift from a producer-led to a consumer-led approach to business.
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Series 1 The S-bend was a pipe with a curve in it, an invention that led to public sanitation.
Topics: BBC, Radio Program, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
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Welfare State Do welfare states boost economic growth, or stunt it? It’s not an easy question to answer
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Series 1 Robots threaten the human workforce, but they are crucial to the modern economy.
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Series 1 The pill wasn't just socially revolutionary, it also sparked an economic revolution.
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Series 1 The big story behind the way dynamos made electricity useful.
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Series 1 How some legal creativity has created vast wealth down the centuries.
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Series 1 The safety elevator is a mass transit system that has changed the shape of our cities.
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Series 1 When lead was added to petrol, it made cars more powerful - but it also poisoned people.
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Series 1 King Camp Gillette created the disposable razor. But his influence extends beyond shaving.
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Series 1 Currency derives value from trust in the government which issues it.
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Series 1 Renaissance man Luca Pacioli wrote the definitive book on double-entry bookkeeping.
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Series 1 A high-tech 'death ray' capable of zapping sheep led to the invention of radar.
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Series 1 Property rights for the world's poor could unlock trillions in 'dead capital'.
Topics: BBC, Radio Program, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b098j5lh
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Series 1 The S-bend was a pipe with a curve in it, an invention that led to public sanitation.
Topics: BBC, Radio Program, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
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Series 1 Do welfare states boost economic growth, or stunt it? It's not an easy question to answer.
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Series 1 Without seller feedback, companies like eBay might not have grown as they have.
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Series 1 Renaissance man Luca Pacioli wrote the definitive book on double-entry bookkeeping.
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Series 1 If managers often have a bad reputation, what about those who tell them how to manage?
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Series 1 We make so much plastic these days that it takes about eight percent of oil production.
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Series 1 If managers often have a bad reputation, what about those who tell them how to manage?
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Series 1 Geeks versus government - the story of public key cryptography.
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Series 1 Refrigeration revolutionised the food industry, and other industries too.
Topics: BBC, Radio Program, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b098n8zd
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Series 1 How some legal creativity has created vast wealth down the centuries.
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Series 1 Market research marked a shift from a producer-led to a consumer-led approach to business.
Topics: BBC, Radio Program, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0979195
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Series 1 Without seller feedback, companies like eBay might not have grown as they have.
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Series 1 A high-tech 'death ray' capable of zapping sheep led to the invention of radar.
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b097btt2
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvt0k
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Video Games From Spacewar to Pokemon Go, video games have shaped the modern economy in surprising ways
Topics: BBC, Radio Program, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy, Economics, Spaceflight
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p051gbxd
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Cuneiform Cuneiform, the earliest known script, was used to create the world’s first accounts
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Gramophone "Superstar” economics – the story of how the gramophone led to a winner-take-all market
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The Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel died in strange circumstances after changing the world with his engine.
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Disposable Razor King Camp Gillette created the disposable razor. But his influence extends beyond shaving
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Battery The story of the battery begins inside a dead murderer. It’s a tale that’s far from over
Topics: BBC, Radio Program, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy, Acidic oxides, Inorganic solvents,...
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Management Consulting If managers often have a bad reputation, what about those who tell them how to manage?
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