Will Davies joins me to discuss his new book, ‘Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World’. We spoke about the declining public trust in experts, the blurring of the distinctions between war and peace, the increasing irrelevance of macroeconomic indicators, and the rise of populism.
Related Articles

Economics
The Great Debt Debate – Round One of The Fight Club: Piketty vs Hudson
As a way of continuing David Graeber’s challenging of society’s myths after his death, his widow Nika Dubrovsky has established both the “Museum of Care“, which curates David’s works, and debates his thought and those […]

Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – Zeitenwende?: German foreign policy
October 14, 2022
Mathew D. Rose
Economics, EU politics, EU-Institutions, Finance, Gig Economy, National Politics
0
Ted talks with economic sociologist Wolfgang Streeck, emeritus director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne and one of the leading scholars and commentators on European capitalism. In this exciting […]

Economics
Steve Keen: The economics of mental health
Mental health is an issue that impacts a growing number of people, not helped by the COVID 19 lockdown. Divya Dhami, an undergraduate student from the University of British Columbia, says the economy is paying […]
Be the first to comment