Rita Lobo is joined down the phone with Professor Jan Toporowski from SOAS, to talk about Black Monday, or what is also known as the stock market crash of 1987. Also joining Rita in the studio to discuss their memories of Black Monday are Share Radio's very own Ed Bowsher, Ed Mitchell and Gavin Oldham. Visit www.shareradio.co.uk for more .. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rita Lobo discusses the South Sea Company, how it came about and what eventually led it to ruin. Joining Rita in talking about this is Dr. Helen Paul, a lecturer in Economics and Economic History from the University of Southampton. Visit www.shareradio.co.uk for more .. Image source: Wikimedia Commons ('The Great Picture of Folly', 1720) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Produced on an Ides of March during Share Radio's DAB years, this episode looks back to the 1920s/30s. Rita Lobo is joined by Jan Toporowski, Professor in economics at SOAS university of London, to discuss The Great Depression, and famed economist, John Maynard Keynes. Visit www.shareradio.co.uk for more .. Great Depression image by Chinmaya S Padmanabha - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82069402 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rita Lobo looks at the economic legacy left in China after the rise of the communist party and Chairman Mao . To discuss this is Professor Ian Inkster from SOAS, University of London. Hrkn to www.shareradio.co.uk for more .. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices