The Age of Uncertainty — Season 1, Episode 1: The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism
Documentary • 54 min • 1 season, 15 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
John Kenneth Galbraith tells the story of the men who laid the foundations of economics, including Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus. What they made of the world of their time profoundly affects our world.
About The Age of Uncertainty
A 13-part personal view by John Kenneth Galbraith of the rise and crisis of Industrial Society. The ideas of economists and social philosophers shape actions and events even when we are unaware of their sources. They have had a decisive influence on the great rush of change and revolution through which the world has passed in the last two hundred years. Professor Galbraith traces these ideas and their consequences.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2The Manners and Morals of High Capitalism
- E3The Dissent of Karl Marx
- E4The Colonial Idea
- E5Lenin and the Great Ungluing
- E6The Rise and Fall of Money
- E7The Mandarin Revolution
- E8The Fatal Competition
- E9The Big Corporation
- E10Land and the People
- E11The Metropolis
- E12Democracy, Leadership, Commitment
- E13Weekend in Vermont - Part 1