Development Studies at Oxford: Olof Palme Lecture – 2004

Photo of Noam Chomsky speaking in Oxford

An audio recording of the lecture is provided as both MP3 and QuickTime streams (running time: 1 hour 29 minutes). To listen to the lecture, just click on one of the ‘Audio of lecture’ links below. See Audio Help below for information about which audio stream is suitable for your computer.

PROFESSOR NOAM CHOMSKY gave Queen Elizabeth House's Olof Palme Lecture on 20 May 2004 in the Sheldonian Theatre on the subject of Doctrines and Visions: Who is to Run the World and How?

Queen Elizabeth House is very grateful to the Olof Palme Memorial Fund in Stockholm for their generous support of the Olof Palme Lectures

Audio Help

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