Langstroth Hive

50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

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4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Humans have valued bees for their honey for thousands of years – and economists have long admired bees for their cooperative work ethic, too. But few of us, whether economists, honey-lovers, or both, have quite appreciated just how much the honey bee has been industrialised – and the simple yet radical invention that made that industrialisation possible. As Tim Harford explains, it is a sign of just how far the modern market economy has penetrated that it now reaches deep into the heart of the beehive. Producer: Ben Crighton Editor: Richard Vadon (Image: Bee keeper lifting shelf out of hive, Credit: MIlan Jovic/Getty Images)

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0:00.0	Welcome to season two of 50 Things That Made The Modern Economy, from the BBC World
0:09.4	Service.
0:10.4	I'm Tim Haafard, economist, writer, general nerd.
0:13.9	It's great to be back.
0:15.2	One of the things I love to do is to take the abstract concepts and visible forces of
0:19.4	the economy and show how they affect us every day in everything we do.
0:24.4	So it's been a joy to write these episodes, to pick something we usually overlook and
0:28.8	to show its unintended consequences, the hidden connections and the stories of the people
0:33.2	who were behind or sometimes trapped in front of the idea.
0:36.8	Our money, our jobs, every aspect of our lives are affected by inventions as varied as
0:42.6	the gyroscope, the spreadsheet, the bicycle.
0:47.2	If you listen to the first season, then welcome back.
0:49.3	If you're new to our podcast, feel free to binge listen to the first 52 episodes in
0:54.3	any order you choose.
0:56.0	And whether you've been with us before or not, please give us a rating and leave comments
0:59.9	if your podcast app allows.
1:02.6	And please tell your friends, it really helps us if you spread the word.
1:06.0	Thank you.
1:07.4	So let's get started.
1:08.8	Episode 1.
1:10.1	The Langstroth Hive.
1:12.4	The Langstroth Hive.
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