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The League of Gentlemen

Episode 3 of 6

Twice since the war, British governments have been bewitched by economists promising foolproof ways to recapture the prosperity of the past. Twice they failed disastrously.

Twice since the war, British governments have been bewitched by economists promising foolproof ways to recapture the prosperity of the past. Twice they failed disastrously. This film, featuring Margaret Thatcher, Harold Wilson, Keith Joseph, Tony Benn, Milton Friedman, and other well-paid economists, tells the odd, often comic story of the science of money.

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Producer Adam Curtis
Executive Producer Edward Mirzoeff

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