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Impeccable history of the free market – and from the BBC too

Countless histories of Britain’s free-market transformation end up being hit jobs. Not the new Radio 4 series Invisible Hands

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Architects of free trade: Keith Joseph (then secretary of state for social services) and Margaret Thatcher (secretary of state for education and science) in 1971.  PHOTO: EVENING STANDARD / HULTON ARCHIVE / GETTY IMAGES
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 12 April 2025
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