Number 51
Revealed – the winning 51st Thing! Which “thing” 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 – the winning 51st Thing! What won the vote to be added to our list of 50? We asked for ideas for an extra “thing” 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
Broadcasts
- Sat 28 Oct 2017 02:50GMT91ȱ World Service except Online, Australasia, News Internet & UK DAB/Freeview
- Sat 28 Oct 2017 19:50GMT91ȱ World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
The stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which helped create the economic world