50 Things That Made the Modern Economy: Season 1

BBC World Service

Episodes

• Diesel Engine

• Haber-Bosch Process

• Shipping Container

• Concrete

• iPhone

• Barcode

• Banking

• Lightbulb

• M-Pesa

• Compiler

• Billy Bookcase

• Antibiotics

• Paper

• Insurance

• Google

• Clock

• Disposable Razor

• Robot

• Public Key Cryptography

• Battery

• Gramophone

• TV Dinner

• Contraceptive Pill

• Elevator

• Air Conditioning

• Cuneiform

• Video Games

• Intellectual Property

• Passports

• Tally Stick

• Infant Formula

• Tax Havens

• Barbed Wire

• Department Store

• Leaded Petrol

• Dynamo

• Limited Liability Company

• Paper Money

• Seller Feedback

• Plastic

• Market Research

• Radar

• S-Bend

• Double-entry Bookkeeping

• Management Consulting

• Searching for 51

• Property Register

• Welfare State

• Cold Chain

• The Plough

• Number 51

• Special Bonus: Santa Claus