Matthew Watson
Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thorstein Veblen's critique of wasteful capitalism, as he saw it, in America's Gilded Age with conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption.
16 November 2023
Also featuring: Bill Waller, Mary Wrenn
David Ricardo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ricardo's argument that Britain's economy was being held back by the interests of landlords and protectionism, and his call for free trade.
25 March 2021
Also featuring: Helen Paul, Richard Whatmore