Adam Smith Part 4 The Wealth of Nations -Introduction

Adam Smith Part 4 The Wealth of Nations -Introduction

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. So how do you get from a subsistence economy where the great mass lives on the edge of famine and disaster? Funny you should ask, because Adam Smith desperately wanted this improvement for his native Scotland. Getting it would be like a miracle. He knew the mechanisms that led to prosperity and the obstacles that got in the way. And one day, in France he started a book, An Inquiry into The Nature and Cause...

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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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