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Investigating fungi: the wood-wide web
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating fungi: the wood-wide web

...economic markets? In this album, scientists from the UK and Malaysia explore how fungi form constructive and cooperative partnerships with other plants and trees, and how such symbiosis can be used for economic and environmental benefit. In the audio track, Professor David Robinson of The Open University delves deeper into the techniques scientists use to learn more about...
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Audio 28 mins
International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

International Relations

...economic change, or gender relations to international politics? In the following seven films, some of the world's leading experts on international relations explore what determines how states and their agents behave in a globalised world and the different theories and analyses that have been developed to make sense of today's international system... Structural Realism...
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What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development
Society, Politics & Law

What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development

...economic liberalism that led to dogmatic policies of free trade and privatisation around the world. Arguably, this dogmatism prevented formal democracies from addressing systemic crises of capitalism, such as environmental degradation and the alarming growth in poverty and inequality within nation-states. As a result of this failure, powerful economic elites came to...
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Theresanomics explained
Money & Business

Theresanomics explained

...economic conservatism, championing nostalgia and 'Britishness'—Dr Peter Bloom explains Theresanomics...Theresa May has risen to power as the British Prime Minister. She faces a considerable number of challenges including rising economic inequality at home and effectively negotiating the Brexit decision abroad. Though a conservative, she has publicly sought to tap into...
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The dot.com bubble
Society, Politics & Law

The dot.com bubble

...economic bubbles and focuses on the highs and lows of the dot.com boom of the early 2000s. How do we spot a bubble emerging? Why do we buy into it? And what are the consequences when a bubble bursts? This material forms part of The Open University course DB234 Personal investment in an uncertain world... The dot.com bubble A short introduction to this album What are...
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Audio 39 mins
How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...economic and social message was his greatest claim to radicalism...[Martin Luther King Jr in 1964] Martin Luther King in 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. has come to be revered as a hero who led a nonviolent struggle to reform and redeem the United States. His birthday is celebrated as a national holiday. Tributes are paid to him on his death anniversary each April, and his...
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Innovation: The Environment
Nature & Environment

Innovation: The Environment

...economics of lowering carbon emissions and how Britain is tackling this problem, through expert analysis and opinions on carbon taxes, carbon reduction, renewable energy and environmental damage. This material forms part of The Open University course DD309 Doing economics: people, markets and policy... Innovation: The Environment A short introduction to this album. Carbon...
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Audio 25 mins
Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade
History & The Arts

Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade

...economic stagnation for Africa, which fell further and further behind the economic progress of Europe as the years passed by. Little wonder, then, that some historians interpret this as a sign that the Atlantic trade was seriously holding back Africa’s economic development. The possible negative consequences of the trade were not only economic. Politically, as African...
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