Is the world only becoming better and better? How are increases in wealth and life expectancy affected by social inequalities? Why do we hear so little about the global increase in mental illness and its development over time? These are some of the questions that Roland Paulsen, associate professor of sociology, discusses in this video, which is also a comment on some of the claims of Hans Rosling and other New Optimists.
Geopolitics
Haim Bresheeth-Žabner, Electronic Intifada – Israel’s “democratic genocide”
7 October 2ß25 We speak with Professor Haim Bresheeth-Žabner, a filmmaker, photographer and a film studies scholar. He is retired from the University of East London and is now at SOAS, the University of London’s […]
Economics
Chris Hedges, India & the Global Left – Trump, Palestine, Iran, and the Collapse of U.S. Media
26 July 2025
Austerity
Stuart Medina Miltimore – The battle for a progressive Europe: Next Generation or Lost Generation EU?
An informative presentation and lively discussion, with prominent Spanish MMT economist, activist and founder of RedMMT, Stuart Medina Miltimore, on the implications of MMT for the future of progressive reform for the nations of Europe […]
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