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Paul Seabright explores our trading past: guilds and trade in medieval and early modern Europe. From 2018.

Consumer protectors or greedy monopolists?

Paul Seabright is joined by Sheilagh Ogilvie, Professor of Economic History at Cambridge, to take a fresh look at what guilds really did for trade in medieval and early modern Europe, and lessons for trade today.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2018.

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Sat 26 Apr 2025 00:30
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