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Radio 4,05 Jan 2018,15 mins

Fair Exchange

Conflict and Co-operation: A History of Trade

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Consumer protectors or greedy monopolists? Paul Seabright is joined by Sheilagh Ogilvie, Professor of Economic History at Cambridge, to take a fresh look at what guilds really did for trade in medieval and early modern Europe, and lessons for trade today. Producer: Chris Ledgard. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

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