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Radio 3,10 Oct 2018,44 mins

Greed and Landownership Past, Present, Future

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Anne McElvoy looks at the future of Capitalism, the Scottish Clearances and a farm as a microcosm of Colombia's history talking to Paul Collier, Tom Devine and Hector Abad. The Future of Capitalism by Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony's College. The Scottish Clearances by Tom Devine, Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh. The Farm, a new novel by Hector Abad is translated by Anne McLean Anne McElvoy presents a short film Is Capitalism Here to Stay for BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/ Browse their A-Z of Isms Producer: Jacqueline Smith Main Image: Part of the Ardkinglas Estate on the banks of Loch Fyne, Argyll, Scotland, 01/01/1964.

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