麻豆约拍

How crucial developments from this remarkable decade shaped the world we live in now. Five essayists each tackle a single story from each year of the second half of the 1970s. Stephen Wall looks back at the referendum on Britain鈥檚 membership of the EEC, held in 1975. Peter Jay recalls the financial crisis that prompted the British government to borrow billions from the IMF in 1976. Michael S. Malone remembers the 1977 launch of the Apple II personal computer. Ruth Deech reflects on the impact of the birth of the first test tube baby in 1978. And Narguess Farzad assesses the legacy of the revolution in Iran in 1979.
Producer: Neil Koenig.