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Dr Helen Yanacopulos responds to the 2007 Reith lecture by Jeffery Sachs on 'Bursting at the Seams'  Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith 2007: Bursting at the Seams - Bursting at the seams

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Dr William Brown responds to the 2007 Reith lecture by Jeffery Sachs on 'The Great Convergence'  Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith 2007: Bursting at the Seams - Great Convergence

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Giles Mohan responds to the Reith Lecture by Jeffery Sachs on 'New Politics for a New Age'.  Read more : New politics for a new age

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Raphael Kaplinsky responds to the 2007 Reith lecture by Jeffery Sachs on 'Poverty in the Midst of Plenty'  Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith 2007: Bursting at the Seams - Poverty in the Midst of Plenty

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Dr Stephen Peake responds to the 2007 Reith lecture by Jeffery Sachs on 'Survival in the Anthropocene'  Read more : OU on the BBC: Reith 2007: Bursting at the Seams - Survival in the Anthropocene

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First broadcast: Wednesday 11 Apr 2007 on BBC Radio 4