{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61926927b481c700126c2eb2/63bbb63c5aeb91001183368a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Long Time Short: Exchange Controls","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61926927b481c700126c2eb2/1644921937661-83296c998938c08efb7ab6e9aa94a8a1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.&nbsp;We&nbsp;explain the regime that&nbsp;underpinned this miserable&nbsp;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.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.</p><p>Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.</p><p>Made in partnership with Briefcase.News</p>","author_name":"Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins"}