74. War of the Spanish Succession Part 1 -Marlborough and Isaac Newton
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We discuss many of the political and financial issues around the Spanish Succession war. We introduce the idea of the fiscal military...
21 Okt 202144min
73. Nine Years War, War of the Grand Alliance, King Williams War
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. So many names for one war. We focus on the war at sea and in North America. The peace of exhaustion and provide an introduction to th...
6 Okt 20211h 2min
72 Intro to the Second Hundred Years War
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We take a look at the big themes we will be discussing. This include Naval Mastery, the Balance of Power, continuity between the wars, t...
24 Sep 202138min
71. 2nd Hundred Years War Part 1; 1672 The Disaster Year
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. "It takes but one foe to breed a war," says Faramir in the Lord of the Rings. 1672 was the Disaster Year for the United Provinces, and a...
10 Sep 202154min
70. The Causes of the Industrial Revolution via Sheilagh Ogilvie
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The long promised look at Big History , we lay out 5 themes for the Causes of the Industrial Revolution. Near the end there is the real...
27 Aug 202148min
69. Adam Smith Part 8; John Locke and the Triumph of Reason
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Completing our Adam Smith arc with the end of the ideology of Calvinism. Its replacement with the idea that God is good and the happines...
13 Aug 202148min
Adam Smith and the Power of Love; Adam Smith Part 7
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Calvinism undermines itself by elevating human reason as the tool for analysis and understanding of God above feeling and love and human ...
30 Jul 202146min
67. Adam Smith and Why the Enlightenment Loved Him
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Adam Smith’s systematic approach made reality tractable. This provided enlightenment thinkers with a framework with which to analyze gov...
16 Jul 202145min
