50 Things That Made the Modern Economy is a radio show and podcast on the BBC World Service.
Sources
- 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://podnews.net/podcast/i8gb (podnews.net)
- https://timharford.com/articles/radio/ (timharford.com)
- https://timharford.com/etc/more-or-less/ (timharford.com)
- https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/tim-harford/fifty-things-that-made-the-modern-economy/9780349142630/ (hachette.co.uk)
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