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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of North African privateers on law and language
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hamilton, Madison and Jay's urgings for a US Constitution.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1346 conflict between the armies of France and England
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.