On this episode of Our American Stories, Tim Harford, an economist and best selling author of Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy, tells the story of these three underappreciated inventions in history.

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Tim Harford, an economist and best selling author of <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FFifty-Inventions-Shaped-Modern-Economy%2Fdp%2F0735216134%2Fref%3Dtmm_hrd_swatch_0%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26dib_tag%3Dse%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NcMxjmduvoPUM_Ff0GZQb-t_DquIo3EPFptpnEHGkTaE_H2Fyquzq9EeSh_LmLbN63o97-4RAiTGrtsCwmZOEYlWi7hE8XsTGUvQPWFnlPEVAl5ZPui-kFwiJ0eeadeBZZXRdGThMoM3Kua07ltb10AufITOii5X_cpmf_4nNyGOA-uDKePx1MV1hv7Futwc0QLLz4k0OVe4zEN7uQIBVBxVrxJxR6U9aar0Y7oHhZY.o67cb72vBQbZkUDL-fer4B83JjBKtthsIcC0JkSyVto%26qid%3D1725894644%26sr%3D8-1&amp;data=05%7C02%7CUraelBlackshear%40iheartmedia.com%7C85a9959439b64c83146608dcd1bd9fca%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638615859567348153%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=v9eAEWv14zZ%2FLsjyqGxe%2FcvvD8JZB3fqc4jskJnVDRg%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="0">Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy,</a> tells the story of these three underappreciated inventions in history.
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