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About The Age of Uncertainty

The Age of Uncertainty is a documentary TV series that premiered on BBC Two on January 10, 1977. It has 1 season and 15 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 13 "Weekend in Vermont - Part 1", aired on April 2, 1977.

A 13-part personal view by John Kenneth Galbraith of the rise and crisis of Industrial Society. The ideas of economists and social philosophers shape actions and events even when we are unaware of their sources. They have had a decisive influence on the great rush of change and revolution through which the world has passed in the last two hundred years. Professor Galbraith traces these ideas and their consequences.

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15 episodes · 1 season

Season 1

1977 · 15 episodes · Last episode: 49 years ago

The Age of Uncertainty Season 1 release dates →
  1. E15

    15. Weekend in Vermont - Part 3

    Finale Air date TBA
  2. E14

    14. Weekend in Vermont - Part 2

    Air date TBA
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    13. Weekend in Vermont - Part 1

    Finale

    Over a relaxed weekend, a distinguished international gathering at John Kenneth Galbraith's Vermont farm offer their views on the themes outlined in the series and on other major anxieties facing the modern world.

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    12. Democracy, Leadership, Commitment

    Prof JK Galbraith sets out on a physical and figurative journey to recapture his experience of democracy, comparing politics in Switzerland, Britain and the US and emphasising Nehru's influence in India.

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    11. The Metropolis

    'The city is the focus of the problems of modern society - its uncertainty, crisis, hope, despair.' Prof Galbraith looks at the economic and social forces that turned the magnificent conception of the princely city step by step into the modern metropolis, with all its tensions. He analyses the interaction of these tensions and the ways in which the initial sense of order and pride can be recaptured.

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    10. Land and the People

    In Mexico and the Punjab, on the cotton fields of the old South and the farm where he was born, Prof Galbraith confronts the tragedy of the landless poor and searches for a solution in the world-wide migration to the cities.

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    9. The Big Corporation

    JK Galbraith explores the modern large corporation - 'the most relentless force for change in modern economic life'.

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    8. The Fatal Competition

    JK Galbraith visits the ruins of postwar Berlin, the corridors of power in the Pentagon and 'the world's largest used plane lot' in his assessment of the contemporary roots of war.

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    7. The Mandarin Revolution

    JK Galbraith looks at the influence of John Maynard Keynes, who drew the blueprint for the postwar economic boom, and recalls his own involvement in those momentous years.

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    6. The Rise and Fall of Money

    From the elegant banks of 17th-century Amsterdam to the dark days of the Great Depression, Prof Galbraith traces the history of money - its uses and abuses, the grand successes and the spectacular disasters.

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    5. Lenin and the Great Ungluing

    JK Galbraith examines WWI as an instrument in changing the old social order, and especially Lenin, who spent most of the war exiled in Switzerland urging soldiers to start a world revolution. A revolution did come, but Lenin nearly missed his chance to be part of it.

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    4. The Colonial Idea

    Professor Galbraith traces the colonial adventure, from the Crusades to the present, from the fall of Acre to the fall of Saigon. He looks at the potent myths that sustained colonialism and the real motives behind them.

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    3. The Dissent of Karl Marx

    JK Galbraith investigates the impact of Karl Marx on our economic interpretation of society. The life and work of Marx set the pattern for a socialist future, but the revolution he so much wanted did not materialise in his lifetime.

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    2. The Manners and Morals of High Capitalism

    Professor Galbraith looks at the ideas that sustained the rich in the 19th century and how they still affect our attitudes today. Herbert Spencer justified the moneymaking in straight Darwinian terms as 'survival of the fittest'. Thorstein Veblen thought a parallel with Papuans a more appropriate one.

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    1. The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism

    John Kenneth Galbraith tells the story of the men who laid the foundations of economics, including Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus. What they made of the world of their time profoundly affects our world.

Cast & crew

  • Kevork Malikyan

    Kevork Malikyan

    Self

The Age of Uncertainty FAQ

Will there be new episodes of The Age of Uncertainty?

The Age of Uncertainty has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on April 2, 1977.

When did the latest episode of The Age of Uncertainty come out?

The most recent episode of The Age of Uncertainty, Season 1 Episode 13 "Weekend in Vermont - Part 1", aired on April 2, 1977.

How many seasons of The Age of Uncertainty are there?

The Age of Uncertainty has 1 season with 15 episodes in total.

When did The Age of Uncertainty first air?

The Age of Uncertainty first aired on BBC Two on January 10, 1977.

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