Capitalism on BBC
Published by Yazad Jal February 2nd, 2004 in MediaThe BBC is showing a three part series on capitalism in February. I missed the first part shown over last weekend, but will catch up with the other two. I’m not so sure about how they intend to tackle it, knowing the Beeb’s biases well. I suppose they’re going to be “even-handed” looking at the intro.
Capitalism has brought with it radical changes, both good and bad.
What interests me is this part to be shown in the second episode this weekend.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests look at the developments of Keynes, Milton Friedman and Hayek and their relationship to the societies that they critiqued.
Lots of Hayek in the news recently!
I have missed the first 2 episodes of BBC and I am sure to miss the third one too. But the best thing about BBC is they keep repeating their programmes till you catch it. So I hope to watch all the 3 episodes without planning to watch it. Thanks for putting it on your blog. At least late waters like me would be benefited.
I happened to catch the first part, it was focused on Adam Smith and Marx. They talked about how Smith saw a role for government, which the Adam Smith Institute seems to overlook, and Marx, saw Capitalism as an inevitability, rather than some undesirable end. There was a guy from LSE, who was wondering whether the time for Socialism has arrived yet, because the whole world has not been brought upto speed with the Capitalist Revolution.
Maybe Yazad can organise a viewing of the next two episodes, some place.