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60 second adventures in economics: The Principle Of Comparative Advantage
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Principle Of Comparative Advantage

...work best if they're left alone or that governments need to do something to get them working, the one thing that can’t be controlled is the rest of the world. Fear of foreign competition once led countries to try and produce everything they needed, and impose heavy taxes to keep out foreign goods. However, economist David Ricardo showed that international trade could...
History how-to videos: Books and bibles
History & The Arts

History how-to videos: Books and bibles

...work soon spread to England and further afield. They still operate today as the Bible Society, and they’ve produced biblical texts in 700 languages, they’ve distributed over 550 million copies of the bible to people all over the world. This is a fine example of the work from the mid-Victorian period. If you have an old book and you want to know more about it, then...
World Day of Social Justice
History & The Arts

World Day of Social Justice

...work, support people through social protection, and ensure the voices of the poor and marginalised are heard." Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. The UN upholds the principles of social justice by promoting gender equality and the rights of indigenous peoples and...
Start writing plays
History & The Arts

Start writing plays

...work and the pleasures and pitfalls of crafting a script. All of the fundamental topics, from character and structure to dialogue and editing, are covered in detail in a series of entertaining and insightful interviews. This material forms part of The Open University course A176 Start writing plays... Start writing plays A short introduction to this album. Starting out in...
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Darwin's world-wide web
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin's world-wide web

...work? What do his surviving letters reveal about him, both as a man and as a scientist? He often seems like a solitary figure, but was this really the case? This album looks at the Darwin Correspondence project, an enormous endeavour that has been running for over thirty years. Today the project web site contains over five thousand letters, and there are plans to more...
Rules, rights and justice: an introduction to law
Society, Politics & Law

Rules, rights and justice: an introduction to law

...work? How should the law deal with companies that cause fatal accidents? And what extra rights should children conceived using donor sperm have? This album introduces the legal reasoning behind legislation, rights and justice. Experts and specialist lawyers debate how the law should address criminal acts and issues such as freedom of speech, donor tracing and adoption,...
Composing with MIDI
History & The Arts

Composing with MIDI

...worked on, Simon illustrates the technical and creative processes involved. This material forms part of TA212 Technology of Music... Composing with MIDI A short introduction to this album. A MIDI Studio A MIDI composer talks about his career and the equipment in his studio. MIDI Basics What MIDI is and what it can do. A composer describes how he uses general MIDI MIDI in...
Games, Geeks and the Parent's Dilemma
Languages

Games, Geeks and the Parent's Dilemma

...work in this area by the Open University’s Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning. In the first five tracks we hear first-hand accounts from a number of perspectives, and in the final track, Angela Saini chairs a discussion about the points raised... Introduction to games, geeks and the parent's dilemma Angela Saini, Dr Victoria Cooper and Dr Kieron Sheehy...