Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Schools of economic thought

In the history of economic thought, a school of economic thought is a group of economic thinkers who share or shared a common perspective on the way economies work. While economists do not always fit into particular schools, particularly in modern times, classifying economists into schools of thought is common.

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  1. Malthusianism

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism, the influential theory of population growth first articulated by the Reverend Thomas Malthus in 1798.

    23 June 2011

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    Featuring: Karen O'Brien, Mark Philp, Emma Griffin

     
  2. The Physiocrats

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, an important group of economic thinkers in 18th-century France.

    20 June 2013

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    Featuring: Richard Whatmore, Joel Felix, Helen Paul