Listen "S3 Ep21: The myth of British inventive genius"
Episode Synopsis
On the 75 anniversary of the VE Day, David Edgerton tells Tim Phillips that Britain's belief in its go-it-alone scientific and inventive genius is “deluded”, and has stunted the nation's postwar growth.
Download The Economics of the Second World War Seventy-Five Years On, featuring David's chapter.
Download The Economics of the Second World War Seventy-Five Years On, featuring David's chapter.
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