Why do we have to get richer?
Mark Tully questions the pursuit of economic growth at all costs. Millions of people around the world need to get richer, but what is the right way out of poverty?
Mark Tully questions the pursuit of economic growth at all costs. Many countries and millions of people around the world need to get richer, but what is the right way out of poverty? And why are those of us living in affluent countries, and far from poor, still in thrall to growth.
He tries to answer these questions with the help of Gandhian economist, Devaki Jain who defends the desirability of ever-increasing GDP, as long as it serves the needs of communities rather than encouraging unbridled consumerism for its own sake.
On the global scale Mark searches for models of growth with morality at their heart. And on the personal level, he draws on thoughts from the Dalai Lama and Ogden Nash to Daniel Defoe among others, and music from Ethiopia, Bhutan, America and Europe, as he compares the power of giving to our obsession with gaining.
The presenter is Mark Tully, the producer is Adam Fowler and it is a Unique production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
Producer: Adam Fowler
A Unique production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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The Pioneers
Starvation
Performer: Starvation: Vocals: Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell, Ray Falconer (UB40), Jackie Robinson, Sydney Crooks, George Agard (Pioneers); Keyboards: Jerry Dammers; Guitar: Lynval Golding; Bass: Mark Bedford; Drums: Daniel Woodgate; Percussion: John Bradbury, Geraldo Darbilly; Talking Drums: Gasper Lawal; Cornet, Flugel Horn, Trumpet: Dick Cuthel; Trombone: Annie Whitehaed; Additional vocals: Dave Wakeling; Toasting: Ranking Roger; Backing vocals: Lorenza Johnson, Claudia Fontain, Caron Wheeler, Naomi Thomson (Afrodiziak)
- Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L鈥橢thiopie.
- Virgin.
- Jazz3.
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Charles Gounod
Le Veau D'or Est Toujours Debout!
Performer: Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra led by Richard Bonynge
- Faust.
- Decca.
- 4218612.
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Trad.
Guni Tashi Yangchha
Performer: Various Bhutanese Musicians/Dancers [Not Named]
- Music of Bhutan.
- Folkways Records.
- FW04030.
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Billie Holiday
God Bless The Child
Performer: Billie Holiday Writers: Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
- 16 Most Requested Songs.
- Columbia.
- 4744012.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Introitus: Requiem from Requiem in D minor, K.626
Performer: Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, & Soprano Marie Arnet
- Great Choral Works.
- Philips.
- 4388002.
Broadcasts
- Sun 18 Aug 2013 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 18 Aug 2013 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4