George Monbiot – How to really take back control

Jason Hickel explains why the numbers being used to measure world poverty are not accurate and give the impression of improvement, where the situation is in reality getting worse.  

There is a magic money tree! Governments need neither tax nor borrow to spend. They can create money – and lots of it.  £435 billion was created for quantitative easing in Britain. Listen here  

A typically interesting lecture by Wolfgang Streeck. Begins at 8:55