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    Length:
    9 minutes
    Released:
    Sep 23, 2017
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    The extra “thing” – what should it be? Shortlist: the credit card, glass, GPS, irrigation, the pencil and the spreadsheet. Voting for the 51st Thing has now closed. The winning “thing” will be revealed on Saturday 28 October 2017.



    Producer: Ben Crighton

    Editors: Richard Knight and Richard Vadon



    (Image: Montage of pencil, credit card, glass, spreadsheet, GPS, irrigation, Credit: Getty Images/Shutterstock)
    Released:
    Sep 23, 2017
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.