A Long Time In Finance

Long Time Short: Exchange Controls

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Episode notes

In the second of our six-part series of historical shorts, Neil takes us back to the 1970s; a benighted time when you could only take £50 per head out of the country on your foreign holidays. We explain the regime that underpinned this miserable system, how it criminalised the otherwise law-abiding middle classes, and why its much feared (by HM Treasury) abolition in 1979 was the dog that didn't bark.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.

Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

Made in partnership with Briefcase.News

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