Season 1 (1977)

The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism
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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

The Manners and Morals of High Capitalism
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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

The Dissent of Karl Marx
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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

The Colonial Idea
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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

Lenin and the Great Ungluing
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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

The Rise and Fall of Money
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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

The Mandarin Revolution
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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

The Fatal Competition
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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

The Big Corporation
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March 7, 1977 • 54m

JK Galbraith explores the modern large corporation - 'the most relentless force for change in modern economic life'.

Land and the People
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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

The Metropolis
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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

Democracy, Leadership, Commitment
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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

Weekend in Vermont - Part 1
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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

Weekend in Vermont - Part 2
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January 1, 1970

Episode 14 of Season 1 premiered on January 1, 1970

Weekend in Vermont - Part 3
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January 1, 1970

Episode 15 of Season 1 premiered on January 1, 1970