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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Matthew Sweet and a panel of guests reflect on the moral and economic ideas outlined in Bernard Mandeville's book Fable of the Bees, first published in 1714. Show more
42 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, an important group of economic thinkers in 18th-century France. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's celebrated economic treatise The Wealth of Nations. Show more
46 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company, which dominated the Asian spice trade in the 17th century and is sometimes called the first multinational corporation. Show more
