Sir Keith Joseph and the Market Economy - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
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Sir Keith Joseph was the most articulate and powerful of the postwar exponents of the market economy at a time when it was distinctly unfashionable. He it was who provided the ideological dynamic for what came to be called Thatcherism. Indeed, Margaret Thatcher dedicated a volume of her autobiography to him, and declared that her reforms could never have been achieved without him. But he has also been an important influence on Tony Blair's New Labour. We still inhabit a world largely created by Keith Joseph, and we will probably continue to do so for a long time to come. This is a part of the lecture series, Making the Weather: Six politicians who shaped our age. Winston Churchill wrote of Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary at the beginning of the 20th century, that, even though he never became Prime Minister, he 'made the weather', meaning that he played a crucial role in shaping the political agenda of his day. These lectures discuss six postwar politicians, none of whom became Prime Minister, but who, like Joseph Chamberlain, also made the weather and so helped to shape the age in which we live. The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/sir-keith-joseph-and-the-market-economy Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently nearly 1,500 lectures free to access or download from the website. Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gresham-College/14011689941
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Wonderful lectures. As an American I have learned much about the post war history of Great Britain. Thank you for posting.
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classic anecdotes by the Prof. 'Keith Joseph smiles and a baby dies in a box on Beasley Street' John C. Clarke 'Beasley Street'.
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Awesome, looking forward to it. I was wondering what was up with the iTunes feed. Thanks for the reply.
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gutted
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Thanks! Delighted to hear that you're enjoying these lectures as much as we are. The audios will appear online soon. We hope that they will be on our website this week (by the 21st of June 2013), and we hope to kick-start the iTunes feed, after a glitch, next month (July 2013). Apologies for the delays!
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Sorry for the double post, but will you be posting the audio for this lecture onto your website and/or iTunes for download? (and in the case of iTunes, the ones on Macleod, Jenkins, Powell and Benn, only the one on Bevan is available on iTunes.) Again, sorry for the double post, but fantastic lecture, can't thank you guys enough for posting these, I've learned a lot.
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Great video and series by Professor Bogdanor as usual. I'll be looking forward to his next series of lectures.
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A bitch in a ditch with her consort. Great though many Gresham lectures are, it is situated in the city of London and as such probably unable to empathise with those of us who suffered severe hangovers on the 9th April 2013.
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