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Free Thinking

Mandeville's View of 18th-Century Economics

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Erica McAlister
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Paul
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Davies
Producer:
Laura Thomas