Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail?  Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?   Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.  

Douglas Carswell continues this in depth conversation with Bigger Pie Forum

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail?  Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?   Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.  

Douglas Carswell is interviewed by Bigger Pie Forum

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail?  Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?   Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.  

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail?  Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?   Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.  

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail?  Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?   Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.  

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail?  Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?   Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.  

Best-selling author, Matt Ridley, talks about his book "How Innovation Works".  

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail?  Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?   Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.