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Fast food franchise
There are more than 36,000 McDonald's restaurants around the world - but if the McDonald brothers had had their way, that might never have happened. Tim Harford tells the story of how milkshake-mixer salesman Ray Kroc tu...
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Fast food franchise is an episode from 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy by BBC. There are more than 36,000 McDonald's restaurants around the world - but if the McDonald brothers had had their way, that might never have happened. Tim H...
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Published Jan 6, 2020, 9:51 long, audio available.
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