I thought the free market was forever - then Trump came along

David DimblebyPresenter, Invisible Hands, BBC Radio 4BBCI remember 1974 well. With inflation on the rise, the government had been locked in battle with trade unions over worker pay. The government appeared paralysed: stand up to the miners and strikes could shut down the power system, but give in and pay them more money and inflation would rocket.And then the global oil crisis came out of nowhere. It threw…