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2. The Manners and Morals of High Capitalism
Episode 2 of 13
Professor Galbraith looks at the ideas that sustained the rich in the 19th century and how they still affect our attitudes today.
Professor Galbraith looks at the ideas that sustained the rich in the 19th century and how they still affect our attitudes today. Herbert Spencer justified the moneymaking in straight Darwinian terms as 'survival of the fittest'. Thorstein Veblen thought a parallel with Papuans a more appropriate one.
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