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Tally Stick
The tally stick shows us what money really is: a kind of debt that can be traded freely
Passports
If anyone could work anywhere, some economists think global economic output would double
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property reflects an economic trade off when it comes to innovation
Video Games
From Spacewar to Pokemon Go, video games have shaped the modern economy in surprising ways
Cuneiform
Cuneiform, the earliest known script, was used to create the worldβs first accounts
Air Conditioning
Invented for the printing industry, air conditioning now influences where and how we live
Elevator
The safety elevator is a mass transit system that has changed the shape of our cities
Contraceptive Pill
The pill wasnβt just socially revolutionary, it also sparked an economic revolution
TV Dinner
The TV dinner, and other inventions from the same era, made a lasting economic impression
Gramophone
"Superstarβ economics β the story of how the gramophone led to a winner-take-all market
