The World in Time / Lapham’s Quarterly

Episode 40: Philipp Blom

Apr 5, 2019

31:10

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The Ultimate Argument of Greed Is Good

01:39

The Evolutionary Turbo Drive

02:07

Climate Change and the Changes in the Environment

04:02

Introduction

5min

Climate Change and the Changes in the Environment

4min

The Difference Between Amsterdam and Spain

2min

The Rise of an Enlightened Class

3min

Diderot and Vanini

3min

Is Your Money by God's Grace?

4min

The Fable of the Bees by Bernard Mandeville

2min

The Ultimate Argument of Greed Is Good

2min

We're Still Stuck in a Few of Those Nouns

2min

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The Evolutionary Turbo Drive

2min

11.

We Can't Wait Until Technology Gives the Magic Bullet

2min

Lewis H. Lapham talks with Philipp Blom, author of “Nature’s Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present.” Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.