成人快手

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Limited Liability Company

How some legal creativity has created vast wealth down the centuries.

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Paper Money

Currency derives value from trust in the government which issues it.

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Seller Feedback

Without seller feedback, companies like eBay might not have grown as they have.

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Plastic

We make so much plastic these days that it takes about eight percent of oil production.

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Market Research

Market research marked a shift from a producer-led to a consumer-led approach to business.

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Radar

A high-tech 'death ray' capable of zapping sheep led to the invention of radar.

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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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Double-entry Bookkeeping

Renaissance man Luca Pacioli wrote the definitive book on double-entry bookkeeping.

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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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Property Register

Property rights for the world's poor could unlock trillions in 'dead capital'.

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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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Cold Chain

Refrigeration revolutionised the food industry, and other industries too.

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Plough

The plough kick-started civilisation - and ultimately made our modern economy possible.

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Paper

The Gutenberg press changed the world - but it could not have done so without paper.

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Insurance

Insurance is as old as gambling, but it's fundamental to the way the modern economy works.

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Google

The words 'clever' and 'death' crop up less often than 'Google' in conversation.

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Clock

The clock was invented in 1656 and has become an essential part of the modern economy.

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Disposable Razor

King Camp Gillette created the disposable razor. But his influence extends beyond shaving.

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Robot

Robots threaten the human workforce, but they are crucial to the modern economy.

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Public Key Cryptography

Geeks versus government - the story of public key cryptography.

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Battery

The story of the battery begins inside a dead murderer. It's a tale that's far from over.

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Gramophone

'Superstar' economics - how the gramophone transformed the performing industry.

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TV Dinner

The TV dinner, and other inventions from the same era, made a lasting economic impression.

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Contraceptive Pill

The pill wasn't just socially revolutionary, it also sparked an economic revolution.

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Part 24: Elevator

The safety elevator is a mass transit system that has changed the shape of our cities.

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Air Conditioning

Invented for the printing industry, air conditioning now influences where and how we live.

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Cuneiform

Cuneiform, the earliest known script, was used to create the world's first accounts.

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Video Game

From Spacewar to Pokemon Go, video games have shaped the modern economy in surprising ways

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Intellectual Property

Intellectual property reflects an economic trade off when it comes to innovation.

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Passport

If anyone could work anywhere, some economists think global economic output would double.

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