The Age of Uncertainty — Season 1, Episode 12: Democracy, Leadership, Commitment

Episode synopsis

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.

About The Age of Uncertainty

A 13-part personal view by John Kenneth Galbraith of the rise and crisis of Industrial Society.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism
• E2The Manners and Morals of High Capitalism
• E3The Dissent of Karl Marx
• E4The Colonial Idea
• E5Lenin and the Great Ungluing
• E6The Rise and Fall of Money
• E7The Mandarin Revolution
• E8The Fatal Competition
• E9The Big Corporation
• E10Land and the People
• E11The Metropolis
• E13Weekend in Vermont - Part 1