16. Agricultural Revolution, The Dutch and Trade

16. Agricultural Revolution, The Dutch and Trade

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Background we need for the 3 episode arc on the Agricultural Revolution which runs in episodes 18-20. The early 16th century Dutch have twice the percentage of people employed in Industry as the rest of Western Europe, as a concomitant they have half the percentage employed in Agriculture. How can this be? Trade is the answer. Basics of comparative advantage, futures markets, Pareto improvement and protecti...

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1812 Wellington Salamanca Marmont and Soult

1812 Wellington Salamanca Marmont and Soult

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. 1812 in Iberia was heavily conditioned by the Napoleon's invasion of Russia. 1812 was a major transition year for the war in Iberia. Wel...

17 Syys 202530min

1812 Napoleon Sparks the Russian Revolution

1812 Napoleon Sparks the Russian Revolution

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The world turns on this 1812 campaign and its outcome. We explore more issues, and turning points from the previous episode, some new an...

3 Syys 202523min

1812 Napoleon Invades Russia

1812 Napoleon Invades Russia

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Napoleon never intended to invade as far as Moscow. It was just supposed to be the 2nd Polish campaign. But Napoleon's hammer blows kep...

27 Elo 202542min

1810 1811 Wellington's Defense of Portugal

1810 1811 Wellington's Defense of Portugal

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The 1810 and 1811 campaigns in Iberia were defined by an absence- Napoleon’s absence. Napoleon had won the battle of Wagram in July of 1...

13 Elo 202533min

1809 Thomas Cochrane, Spain and the Basque Roads

1809 Thomas Cochrane, Spain and the Basque Roads

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We cover resistance to the French invasion of Catalonia in 1808. What can a lone frigate do? And then the battle of the Basque Roads (i...

30 Heinä 202539min

1809 Wellington and Archduke Charles, again?  Wagram and Talavera

1809 Wellington and Archduke Charles, again? Wagram and Talavera

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Austrian pro war party is emboldened by the French defeat at Bailen. By April 1809 Archduke Charles is leading the newly reformed Au...

23 Heinä 202555min

1808 Talleyrand, Goethe and the Congress of Erfurt

1808 Talleyrand, Goethe and the Congress of Erfurt

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Talleyrand represents a strand of the ancient regime, the old nobility that thrives and leads, right through the monstrosity and glory of...

9 Heinä 202534min

1808 Wellington, Dupont and Napoleon over the Chasm

1808 Wellington, Dupont and Napoleon over the Chasm

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We cover Napoleon's sneaky invasion of Spain, its preamble and Napoleon's motivations. This is followed by a look at Wellington's invasi...

2 Heinä 202547min

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