This is more an economic and political history of Britain than anything else. The economic and political epochs of Britain are covered with nothing else talked about. Even cultural events mentioned have strong bearing on economics with an example being a massive party that was the prototype rave. Raves of this type are pay for entry models and more an economic effort than a party as much as they are talked up to the opposite.
Britain was on the edge of bankruptcy at the end of world war 2. They owed money to the USA and at the same time they wanted to undertake a huge welfare effort including socialized medicine. Sound familiar? Sounds like the USA to me in 2009 under Obama. If you have interest in economics you need to watch all 5 of these shows. In many ways the USA appears to be squarely on the same path as this has been empire.
…..And just so you know Britain paid off the last of the loans from this era in the 2000’s.
From video description: Britain in 1945; the country is victorious but nearly bankrupt. As Clement Attlee’s Labour government sets out to build ‘New Jerusalem’, Britain is forced to hold out the begging bowl in Washington. Though Ealing Studios produces a series of very British comedies and there is a spirit of hope in the air, the British people’s growing impatience with austerity threatens to take the country from bankruptcy to self-destruction.
Viewing Notes
- To be added upon second viewing
Links to all the videos
Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain
Episode 1 – Advance Britannia 1945-1955
Episode 2 – The Land of Lost Content 1955-1964
Episode 3 – Paradise Lost 1964-1979
Episode 4 – Revolution! 1979-1990
Episode 5 – New Britannia 1990-2007
0 Comments