Lucy Mangan's Literary Solutions To The Economy

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

20140825

In the first of a series of five programmes, writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature. Will she find a solution to Britain's economic recovery in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

Lucy finds the book on her bookshelf and takes it for discussion to Professor Mary Morgan from the London School of Economics and to Bob Swarup, who has written a guide to 2,500 years of boom and bust.

In later programmes she will see what ideas found in fairy tales and children's stories can add to the economic recovery debate.

Producer: Janet Graves
A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4.

Will Lucy find a solution to economic recovery in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.

The Treasure Seekers

20140826

Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature to see if the answer to the economic recovery has been sitting on her book shelves all along.

In programme two, she selects her childhood favourite, The Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit, and takes it to Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick and Bridget Rosewell, economist and former chief economic advisor to the Greater London Authority. She tests whether literary fiction can contribute to the debate on economic recovery.

Producer: Janet Graves
A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4.

Writer Lucy Mangan looks at the economic theories in The Treasure Seekers by E Nesbit.

Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.

The Million Pound Bank Note

20140827

Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature to see if she can find a solution to Britain's economy. In this witty and enlightening series, she uses her extensive personal library to help economists out.

In this the third programme in the series, she re-reads Mark Twain's short story The Million Pound Bank Note, and talks to Bob Swarup and Andrew Sentance about what literary fiction can contribute to the debate on economic recovery.

Producer: Janet Graves
A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4.

Lucy looks for economic solutions in Mark Twain's short story The Million Pound Bank Note.

Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.

The Last Chronicle of Barset

20140828

Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature. Today, she looks inside The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope.

In this witty and enlightening series, Lucy searches for economic solutions in her bookshelves. She talks to Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick and Mary Morgan from the London School of Economics about what literature can contribute to the economic recovery debate.

Producer: Janet Graves
A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4.

Lucy looks for economic solutions in Anthony Trollope's The Last Chronicle of Barset.

Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.

Cinderella

20140829

Writer Lucy Mangan searches her bookshelves to find literary solutions to the economy.

In this programme, the final in the series, she turns to the fairy tale of Cinderella, as written by Charles Perrault. This is the version where all the magic happens, and good triumphs in the end.

In this enlightening and witty series, Lucy talks to economists Andrew Sentance, formerly one of the treasury's wise men, and economist Bridget Rosewell, to see what fairy tales can contribute to the economic recovery debate .

Producer: Janet Graves
A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4.

Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.

Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	20140825	In the first of a series of five programmes, writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature. Will she find a solution to Britain's economic recovery in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Lucy finds the book on her bookshelf and takes it for discussion to Professor Mary Morgan from the London School of Economics and to Bob Swarup, who has written a guide to 2,500 years of boom and bust. In later programmes she will see what ideas found in fairy tales and children's stories can add to the economic recovery debate. Producer: Janet Graves A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4. Will Lucy find a solution to economic recovery in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.
02	The Treasure Seekers	20140826	Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature to see if the answer to the economic recovery has been sitting on her book shelves all along. In programme two, she selects her childhood favourite, The Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit, and takes it to Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick and Bridget Rosewell, economist and former chief economic advisor to the Greater London Authority. She tests whether literary fiction can contribute to the debate on economic recovery. Producer: Janet Graves A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4. Writer Lucy Mangan looks at the economic theories in The Treasure Seekers by E Nesbit. Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.
03	The Million Pound Bank Note	20140827	Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature to see if she can find a solution to Britain's economy. In this witty and enlightening series, she uses her extensive personal library to help economists out. In this the third programme in the series, she re-reads Mark Twain's short story The Million Pound Bank Note, and talks to Bob Swarup and Andrew Sentance about what literary fiction can contribute to the debate on economic recovery. Producer: Janet Graves A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4. Lucy looks for economic solutions in Mark Twain's short story The Million Pound Bank Note. Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.
04	The Last Chronicle of Barset	20140828	Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature. Today, she looks inside The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope. In this witty and enlightening series, Lucy searches for economic solutions in her bookshelves. She talks to Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick and Mary Morgan from the London School of Economics about what literature can contribute to the economic recovery debate. Producer: Janet Graves A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4. Lucy looks for economic solutions in Anthony Trollope's The Last Chronicle of Barset. Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.
05	Cinderella	20140829	Writer Lucy Mangan searches her bookshelves to find literary solutions to the economy. In this programme, the final in the series, she turns to the fairy tale of Cinderella, as written by Charles Perrault. This is the version where all the magic happens, and good triumphs in the end. In this enlightening and witty series, Lucy talks to economists Andrew Sentance, formerly one of the treasury's wise men, and economist Bridget Rosewell, to see what fairy tales can contribute to the economic recovery debate . Producer: Janet Graves A Pennine production for BBC Radio 4. Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy. Writer Lucy Mangan selects five different economic remedies from literature.