Conflict And Co-operation - A History Of Trade

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0101Cafe Talk20180101Economist and author, Paul Seabright, begins a series that explores our trading story, from the earliest exchange networks in child-care and food, right up to the modern day. He discusses the links between trade and war, the different phases of globalization, and how the history of trade features major setbacks as well as extraordinary progress.

In this opening episode, Paul visits the Caf退 Bibent in Toulouse to talk about the city's connections with two key moments in the history of trade: Adam Smith and his great book The Wealth of Nations, and the outbreak of the First World War.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

Paul Seabright's exploration of our trading past: Adam Smith and World War I

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

0102Early Exchanges20180102Paul Seabright examines how goods and services were exchanged in our earliest history.

He talks to the primatologist Sarah Hardy about hunter-gatherer child-care arrangements, and what they teach us about the willingness of human beings to trade. And in New Zealand, Paul meets the historian Kerry Howe to learn about the origins of early trade networks across the Pacific Ocean.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

Paul Seabright's exploration of our trading past: what human childcare teaches us.

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

0103Trade And War20180103Paul Seabright discusses the history of trade and violence.

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

0104Distance Matters20180104Paul Seabright investigates what distance does to our willingness to trade.

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

0105Fair Exchange20180105Consumer protectors or greedy monopolists?

Paul Seabright is joined by Sheilagh Ogilvie, Professor of Economic History at Cambridge, to take a fresh look at what guilds really did for trade in medieval and early modern Europe, and lessons for trade today.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

Consumer protectors or greedy monopolists? Paul Seabright explores the role of the guilds.

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

0106The Black Death20180108As it advanced across Europe in the mid-14th century, the Black Death wiped out as many as half of the communities it affected. And yet, in its wake, there was a major resurgence in European trade, with long-lasting effects. Why?

Paul Seabright explores the connections between trade and disease.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

Paul Seabright investigates the links between trade and disease.

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

0107When Cultures Collide20180109When Captain Cook arrived in New Zealand waters in 1769, his sailors and the Maori who met them began to trade almost immediately. When two civilizations meet, trade has a major role to play - for good and for bad.

Paul Seabright investigates the cultural impact of trade. And, in a story from China, he hears how the social consequences of trade contacts made many centuries ago can still be seen today.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

When civilizations meet, trade has a major part to play. Paul Seabright investigates.

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

0108The Box20180110If there's one innovation that deserves a chapter to itself in the modern history of trade, it's the shipping container.

Paul Seabright explores the story of the humble metal box, how it took years for it to become the shape it is today, and why it has had such an impact.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

Paul Seabright explains why the shipping container was such a revolutionary invention.

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

0109Slavery20180111The exchange of human beings for work or sex or other forms of enslavement has been a feature of human society throughout history.

Paul Seabright looks at the part slavery has played in the industrialisation of the western world, and in the lives of countless unsuspecting people who were captured and transported as a result of trading activity on the other side of the globe.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

Paul Seabright examines the role of slave labour in the expansion of global trade.

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.

0110Age Of Anxiety20180112The latest backlash against globalisation is nothing new.

Paul Seabright looks at how opening yourself up to trade with others not only creates opportunities, but can make you anxious about being dependent on the outside world.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

Paul Seabright discusses why globalization makes people anxious about trade.

Paul Seabright explores the evolution of global trade in goods, people and ideas.