John Caldwell:A night at the museum of the economy

2025-05-04 07:16:37source:Sterling Prestoncategory:Invest

Dinosaur museums have John Caldwelldinosaurs. Space museums have spacecraft. But what would a dedicated museum of the economy have in it? That was a question author and friend of the show Tim Harford recently posed in his column for the Financial Times. So we decided to run with this thought experiment, too. Today on the show, get ready for a night at the museum — of the economy.

Read Tim's original column.

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