Slavoj Žižek tested the limits of freedom and diversity with the “good” liberal Germans of the Frankfurt book fair on the very material of conflict that currently steals the language of anyone who cannot be satisfied with preconceived ideas: Israel and Palestine. Watch the reaction.
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – Taxcast April 2018
In this month’s Taxcast: Tax justice, women and UN human rights conventions: how we may be beginning to hold governments to account. Also: we discuss scandal-hit Facebook’s checks on whether overseas influencers are funding political […]
Climate Crisis
James K. Galbraith – The Long-Overdue Revolution in Economic Thinking
University of Texas economist James K. Galbraith engages in a wide-ranging discussion of the many ways in which conventional economics has failed us, ranging from how to manage the post-pandemic economy, the role of finance, […]
Geopolitics
John Mearsheimer – The death of ideology
The issues at the heart of the struggle for global power. To understand world politics, Mearsheimer argues, you need to understand how states think. From Russia’s invasion to Ukraine, to whether ideology or realism guides […]
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