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    When Geeks Took Over Poker

    5/5 Tim Harford tells the story of Chris Ferguson, who applied game theory to poker, and won.

    The Indiana Jones of Economics

    4/5 How Bill Phillips - war hero, croc-hunter - became one of the fathers of macro-economics.

    War-gaming Armageddon

    3/5 Tim Harford tells the story of Thomas Schelling, who used economics to avert war.

    The Kidney Matchmaker

    2/5 The story of Al Roth, who worked out how to create a clearing-house for kidneys.

    Hotpants v the knockout mouse

    1/5 On Regent Street, Tim Harford looks at heated pants and the business of innovation.