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The Mayfair Set

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The Mayfair Set

Four stories about the rise of business and the decline of political power by Adam Curtis.

1. Who Pays Wins (59 mins)

1. Who Pays Wins
The story of Colonel David Stirling and the birth of the global arms trade in the 1960s.
59 mins
2. Entrepreneur Spelt S.P.I.V.
The rise of the accountant, game theorist and asset stripper Jim Slater.
59 mins
3. Destroy the Technostructure
How James Goldsmith became one of the world's richest men.
59 mins
4. Twilight of the Dogs
By the 1980s, the day of the buccaneering tycoons was over.
59 mins