Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail? Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?

Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.

America has successfully assimilated immigrants from different parts of the world. But the United States has yet to integrate large numbers of people with a fundamentally different way of seeing the world. What can the US learn from Europe's unhappy experience of mass Muslim migration?

Douglas Carswell shares the need for change in Britain.

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail? Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?

Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail? Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?

Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.

Douglas Carswell outlines the vision for the American immigration system.

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail? Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?

Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.

Why do certain societies flourish, while others fail? Why, at certain times in history, have some people prospered?

Once a week, Douglas reads a chapter of his most recent book, Progress Vs Parasites, which looks at human progress over the past two thousand years - and shows how it is freedom, and ideas about liberty, that explain so much about civilisation.