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Mercantilism

In Our Time: Philosophy by BBC

Apr 13, 202357:33Society & Culture

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, between the 16th and 18th centuries, Europe was dominated by an economic way of thinking called mercantilism. The key idea was that exports should be as high as possible and imports m...

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Mercantilism is an episode from In Our Time: Philosophy by BBC. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, between the 16th and 18th centuries, Europe was dominated by an economic way of thinking called mercantilism. The key idea was that exports...

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Published Apr 13, 2023, 57:33 long, audio available.