In this episode, Prof. Harvey talks about the areas of economic and daily life affected and disrupted by the Coronavirus outbreak (tourism, film festivals, sporting events, educational and cultural institutions) and what this means for capital accumulation and consumerism, and the possibilities it offers for creating an alternative form of social and political life.
Austerity
Stephanie Kelton – Rethinking Fiscal Policy
Where does money come from? Lecture by Stephanie Kelton: Rethinking fiscal policy. Every school kid, worker to retiree should understand this so we can ask the real question: How to use our resources to serve […]
Economics
Macro & Cheese – Japan: A Case Study in MMT with Bill Mitchell
Bill Mitchell tells us how Japan’s fiscal and monetary policies demonstrate the dishonesty of mainstream economic theory. Unemployment is not the cure for inflation. Listen here
EU politics
Chantal Mouffe and Wolfgang Streeck on Left Populism
Chantal Mouffe is the author of For a Left Populism https://www.versobooks.com/books/3097-for-a-left-populism, as well as Gramsci and Marxist Theory, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau), The Return of the Political, and more. See all her […]
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