Greed and Landownership Past, Present, Future
Anne McElvoy hears about the Scottish Clearances, a farm as a microcosm of Colombia's history, and the future of Capitalism
The Scottish Clearances by Tom Devine, Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh.
The Farm, a new novel by Hector Abad is translated by Anne McLean
The Future of Capitalism by Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony's College.
Anne McElvoy presents a short film Is Capitalism Here to Stay for BBC Ideas https://www.bbc.com/ideas/ Browse their A-Z of Isms
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