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The David McWilliams Podcast

159 - Dante and the economics of the 14th century

The David McWilliams Podcast

David McWilliams

News & Politics

4.6643 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week we dive back into Florence and Dante to explore how this extraordinary writer’s lessons and insights are still as relevant today as the day they were written

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0:37.1

Economic indicators. Who knows where this is going on Wall Street? Economic indicators.

0:38.8

Who knows where this is going to end up?

0:40.8

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0:52.8

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0:55.9

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1:07.1

Now, if you've been following the podcast over the last while, maybe over the last two years, but even over the last year, you will have heard me referring to an obsession of mine, which is Florence.

1:11.1

I know it's very bizarre, but believe me, John has even weirder obsessions.

1:18.7

It is Florence in the early 14th century, a long, long time ago.

1:20.8

It's the time of Dante.

1:26.7

And I am fascinated by Florence because it was the New York City of its time.

1:29.6

It was the most vibrant, interesting place.

1:36.5

People went there to make their fortune, to express themselves. And out of that stew of creativity comes Dante's Divine Comedy, the extraordinary work, which is the basis of modern Italian. I've always been fascinated by

1:45.9

this. And luckily, luckily, I'm bringing you a conversation that I have just had of the

1:51.2

Docky Book Festival with the brilliant professor Karina Lonergan about Dante. The conversation

1:58.4

was entitled Dante forever because the topics that Dante spoke about

2:02.1

700 years ago, and it's 700 years ago this year is the year that Dante died. So that's why

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