The Age of Uncertainty Episode 1 - The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism

The Age of Uncertainty is a 1977 television series about economics, history and politics, co-produced by the BBC, CBC, KCET and OECA, and written and presented by Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith.

Galbraith acknowledges the successes of the market system in economics but associated it with instability, inefficiency and social inequity. He advocates government policies and interventions to remedy these perceived faults

The content of the series was determined by Galbraith, with the presentation style directed by his colleagues in the BBC. Galbraith began by writing a series of essays from which the scripts were derived and from these a book by the same name, emerged which in many places goes beyond the material covered in the relevant television episode.

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[ikkoikki]

thank you very much for your work in uploading this series. It's very informative, and stands proudly alongside 'Cosmos' and 'Ascent of Man' among the classic TV programmes that seem to be out of the reach of modern producers

[GustaveLeBon1841]

What a discovery. Never heard of this series. I read a lot of Galbraith during my university days. He is now portrayed as very leftist, but he is a great communicator of economics and asked a lot of probing questions about capitalism. Thank you so much for the upload.

[Bfdidc]

Thank you very much for posting this excellent series, sveinbjornt. I remember watching it off and on as a kid, and have a copy of the companion book. The series may seem slow to modern sensibilities, but it has a depth and breadth that makes it well worth the interested viewer's time.