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Conflict and Co-operation: A History of Trade Episodes

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    Age of Anxiety

    11/11 Paul Seabright asks what the events of 2025 will look like a couple of decades from now.

  2. Age of Anxiety

    10/11 Paul Seabright discusses why globalization makes people anxious about trade.

  3. Slavery

    9/11 Paul Seabright examines the role of slave labour in the expansion of global trade.

  4. The Box

    8/11 Paul Seabright explains why the shipping container was such a revolutionary invention.

  5. When Cultures Collide

    7/11 When civilizations meet, trade has a major part to play. Paul Seabright investigates.

  6. The Black Death

    6/11 Paul Seabright investigates the links between trade and disease.

  7. Fair Exchange

    5/11 Consumer protectors or greedy monopolists? Paul Seabright explores the role of the guilds.

  8. Distance Matters

    4/11 Paul Seabright investigates what distance does to our willingness to trade.

  9. Trade and War

    3/11 Paul Seabright discusses the history of trade and violence.

  10. Early Exchanges

    2/11 Paul Seabright's exploration of our trading past: what human childcare teaches us.

  11. Cafe Talk

    1/11 Paul Seabright's exploration of our trading past: Adam Smith and World War I