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Simon Evans Goes To Market

Simon Evans Goes To Market

  • Radio stand-up / factual
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2014 - 2021
  • 24 episodes (6 series)

Simon Evans presents a comic series explaining and exploring modern economics. Also features Tim Harford, Merryn Somerset Webb and Timandra Harkness.

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Series 4, Episode 1 - Social Media

Many of the social media technologies look benign and free - but who is getting rich from them? And how? And how are we 'paying' without realising?

Further details

From the country-sized economy of Google changing the way we see adverts; to the seemingly free apps like Uber making San Francisco the economic centre of the world and changing the concept of local business; to social media platforms like Facebook redefining us as economic actors... the way we work, shop, meet, and think about money is profoundly changing. Many of these technologies look benign and free - but who is getting rich from them? And how? And how are we 'paying' without realising?

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 16th January 2018
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 23rd January 2018 7:30am Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 23rd January 2018 5:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Tuesday 23rd January 2018 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Wednesday 24th January 2018 5:30am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Simon Evans Host / Presenter
Tim Harford Self
Merryn Somerset Webb Self
Timandra Harkness Self
Writing team
Simon Evans Writer
Benjamin Partridge Writer
Production team
Richard Morris Producer

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