Things That Made the Modern Economy

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Inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to create the modern economic world

Tim Harford introduces inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to create the modern economic world

Things That Made the Modern Economy: Series 2: SWIFT

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How a system for sending sensitive financial data securely may have created a new problem.

Sending sensitive financial data is no easy matter. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication solved some of the problems. But has it created a new one?

From blocked vacuum tubes to mistyped telegrams, sending sensitive financial information is no easy matter. SWIFT – the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication – has solved some of the key problems. But, asks Tim Harford, has it created a new one?

Producer: Ben Crighton
Editor: Richard Vadon

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