January 10, 1977 • 54m
John Kenneth Galbraith tells the story of the men who laid the foundations of economics, including Adam Smith, David Ricardo and T...Read more
January 17, 1977 • 54m
Professor Galbraith looks at the ideas that sustained the rich in the 19th century and how they still affect our attitudes today. ...Read more
January 24, 1977 • 54m
JK Galbraith investigates the impact of Karl Marx on our economic interpretation of society. The life and work of Marx set the pat...Read more
January 31, 1977 • 53m
Professor Galbraith traces the colonial adventure, from the Crusades to the present, from the fall of Acre to the fall of Saigon. ...Read more
February 7, 1977 • 54m
JK Galbraith examines WWI as an instrument in changing the old social order, and especially Lenin, who spent most of the war exile...Read more
February 14, 1977 • 54m
From the elegant banks of 17th-century Amsterdam to the dark days of the Great Depression, Prof Galbraith traces the history of mo...Read more
February 21, 1977 • 54m
JK Galbraith looks at the influence of John Maynard Keynes, who drew the blueprint for the postwar economic boom, and recalls his ...Read more
February 28, 1977 • 54m
JK Galbraith visits the ruins of postwar Berlin, the corridors of power in the Pentagon and 'the world's largest used plane lot' i...Read more
March 7, 1977 • 54m
JK Galbraith explores the modern large corporation - 'the most relentless force for change in modern economic life'.
March 14, 1977 • 54m
In Mexico and the Punjab, on the cotton fields of the old South and the farm where he was born, Prof Galbraith confronts the trage...Read more
March 21, 1977 • 54m
'The city is the focus of the problems of modern society - its uncertainty, crisis, hope, despair.' Prof Galbraith looks at the e...Read more
March 28, 1977 • 54m
Prof JK Galbraith sets out on a physical and figurative journey to recapture his experience of democracy, comparing politics in Sw...Read more
April 2, 1977
Over a relaxed weekend, a distinguished international gathering at John Kenneth Galbraith's Vermont farm offer their views on the ...Read more
January 1, 1970
Episode 14 of Season 1 premiered on January 1, 1970
January 1, 1970
Episode 15 of Season 1 premiered on January 1, 1970