About this episode
Anne McElvoy explores the multifaceted impact of trade beyond goods, discussing its role in cultural contact and economic exchange with various experts.
What does trade set in motion beyond the exchange of goods? Anne McElvoy explores the movement of commerce across time as a carrier of habits, ideas, ambitions and influence, as well as of material things. From the early modern world, where trade was entangled with colonial expansion and shaped by unequal, sometimes unexpected encounters, to the supply chains and diplomatic negotiations of the present, this discussion asks how economic exchange has also mediated cultural contact. Alongside rivalry and wealth, how has trade given rise to its own languages of civility, reciprocity and trust? Guests include: Nandini Das is Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture at Oxford University and author of This Little World: A New History of Tudor and Stuart England Jeremy Hunt is a former Chancellor of the Exchequer and the author of Can We Be Rich Again? Soumaya Keynes is an economist and columnist at the Financial Times and the author of How to Win a Trade War Professor Rana Mitter is ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School Dr Lauren Working is a Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at York University and author of A Golden World: How the Americas…
People in this episode
Host: Anne McElvoy
Guests: Nandini Das, Jeremy Hunt, Soumaya Keynes, Rana Mitter, Lauren Working
Topics covered
- trade
- commerce
- cultural contact
- economic exchange
- colonial expansion
- supply chains
Keywords
- trade
- commerce
- cultural exchange
- economic history
- colonialism
- supply chains
- diplomacy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Oxford University, Financial Times, Harvard Kennedy School
Books & works: This Little World: A New History of Tudor and Stuart England, Can We Be Rich Again?, How to Win a Trade War, A Golden World: How the Americas Transformed Renaissance England
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