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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Empiricism for Everyone!  Napoleon's Invasion of England

Empiricism for Everyone! Napoleon's Invasion of England

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The defense of England is reviewed in terms of manpower, construction and engineering and advanced technology. We start off with the emp...

9 Apr 202538min

Napoleon's Invasion of England

Napoleon's Invasion of England

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. One of the most important things that ever happened was this thing that never happened. And that of course was Napoleon's invasion of Br...

26 Mar 202538min

1803 The End of Amiens

1803 The End of Amiens

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Britain begins the war and many of the French banks teeter on the edge of destruction as a consequence. This episode covers the openin...

12 Mar 202528min

1803 Sebastiani and the failure of Peace of Amiens

1803 Sebastiani and the failure of Peace of Amiens

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We take a look at how the Napoleonic Wars broke out. Napoleon had a different understanding of the world situation than the Addington ...

26 Feb 202530min

Napoleon's American Dream and the Louisiana Purchase

Napoleon's American Dream and the Louisiana Purchase

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Napoleon, from his bath, angrily threw a snuffbox at his brothers Joseph and Lucien. Worse, a lot of the nice warm bathwater splashed ou...

19 Feb 202520min

The Peace of Amiens; an Experiment

The Peace of Amiens; an Experiment

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. A peace that leads to War? We look at the clash of realities from philosophical to practical questions of empire between France and Brit...

12 Feb 202532min

1801 Pitt Absent; Napoleon Ascendent

1801 Pitt Absent; Napoleon Ascendent

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We are covering 1801. The 3 key issues are: Pitt resigns over catholic emancipation. He is replaced by his friend Addington. Pitt ...

5 Feb 202530min

1799 Bruix, Algeciras and the British Nightmare

1799 Bruix, Algeciras and the British Nightmare

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. "I was between the devil and the deep sea." The Royal Navy's nightmare was that a powerful French fleet would break out of blockade and ...

29 Jan 202535min

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