Episode 26 - The Market and Land. An introduction to C S Orwin, an agricultural economist and friend of scientist Daniel Hall. Orwin observed seven reasons why farming was failing within the British market economy between the wars, which we talk through before adding some additional points about the nature of agricultural emissions, agrarian trade unions, and commodity markets.
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - C S Orwin
2:30 - Orwin's problems
8:19 - some additional problems
10:39 - Conclusions
Media used:
British Council Film Archive, Power on the Land, Make Fruitful the Land, A Lowland Village,
