Audio podcast
Economics
Mark Blyth – The Crash 2008: Ten Years On
Parts 1 and 2 of four parts (The audio is awfuls). Let us hope parts 3 and 4, when they appear, have better audio:
Podcast
Austerity
George Monbiot – How to really take back control
A wide ranging lecture by George Monbiot that ticks almost all boxes.
Climate Crisis
RSA – The Politics Of Climate Change
How can we galvanise renewed political interest in environmental issues to drive bolder action? With Caroline Lucas MP, Leader of the Green Party. Listen here
Finance
New Economics Foundation – Universal Basic Income or Universal Basic Services?
Some people think universal basic income is a utopian impossibility. Others think it’s dangerous. So there’s a proposal for another solution: universal basic services. Instead of giving people money, why not guarantee all of the […]
Corruption
Prem Sikka – Carillion and corporate governance
The brilliant Prem Sikka on economic development in the UK
Economics
Renegade Inc – The business of common sense
Many business books have been written on management but very few have sighted management as the stumbling block to fulfilled and engaged employees. After reading a library full of these tomes and then dropping out […]
Austerity
Dany Dorling – The Demography of Inequality
Austerity is affecting the mortality rate in the UK. Dany Dorling explains why this happens. Listen here
EU politics
Marcel Fratzscher explores the dark side of the German economy
Marcel Fratscher analyses Germany’s current economy and social situation. There is a lot of interesting information that contradicts what most people believe. Fratscher has some neo-liberal opinions, which one simply has to ignore. Listen here
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – Taxcast for March
In this month’s Taxcast: They say history is written by the victors. So how can we rethink the way we use words about tax havens that reflect the reality of what’s really happening? We talk […]
Fake News
Renegade Inc- Question Everything
Stine Jensen is a Danish philosopher who lives in the Netherlands, a country and people that are not afraid of big or new ideas. We travelled to meet Jensen to learn about the importance philosophy […]