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The Story of Economics

Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right

Radio 4,3 episodes

Episodes

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Gods
Michael Blastland goes to Athens, where economics as a discipline began.
16 Mar 2011,30 mins
Cogs
Michael Blastland goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like view of the economy.
23 Mar 2011,30 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,30 mins