The myth of British inventive genius

David Edgerton interviewed by Tim Phillips, 08 May 2020

On the 75 anniversary of the VE Day, David Edgerton tells Tim Phillips that Britain's belief in its go-it-alone scientific and inventive genius is “deluded”, and has stunted the nation's postwar growth.
Download The Economics of the Second World War Seventy-Five Years On, featuring David's chapter.

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Topics:  Economic history

Tags:  Second World War, WWII, VE day

David Edgerton

Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology, Professor of Modern British History, King’s College London

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