Politics Theory Other

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Adam Tooze joins me to discuss his new book, 'Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World'. Part two: https://soundcloud.com/poltheoryother/23-adam-tooze-on-crashed-how-a-decade-of-financial-crises-changed-the-world-part-2 If you enjoy this episode please consider donating via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother

Richard Seymour joins me to discuss the ongoing anti-semitism controversy in the Labour Party. We discussed the scale and nature of modern anti-semitism, the Labour Party's new code of conduct on anti-semitism, and the media campaign against the Corbynite left. If you enjoy this episode please consider donating via Patreon: www.patreon.com/bePatron?c=1735316

Jacob Mukherjee joins me to discuss the UK housing crisis, the challenges in organising private renters, the exploitation of recent migrants by landlords, and the political class's response to the housing crisis. If you enjoy this episode please consider donating via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?c=1735316

Grace Blakeley joins me to discuss the neoliberal financialisation of the UK and world economies, the coming reckoning with the UK's current account deficit, and how we can wrest control away from the City and fund a real industrial strategy. You can read Grace's report, On Borrowed Time: Finance and the UK's current account deficit here: https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/on-borrowed-time If you enjoy the show please consider donating via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother

Phil Burton-Cartledge joins me to discuss the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson, Brexit and the European Union, and the long-term decline of the Conservative Party.

Kate Pickett joins me to discuss her new book - co-authored with Richard Wilkinson - The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-being, the follow up to the acclaimed The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better.

Adam Tooze, author of 'The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy', discusses the entwinement of Nazi ideology and economics, the apparent irrationality of German military strategy, the comparative backwardness of the German economy, and 1930s parallels in the post-financial crash era.

Catarina Príncipe joins me to discuss the state of Portuguese social democracy, the myth of Portuguese anti-austerity policy, and the broader crisis of the Eurozone.

Jo Littler joins me to discuss the history of meritocratic discourse, how the term meritocracy is deployed in the post-Black Lives Matter and MeToo era, and the explanation for the enduring unpopularity of Charles Windsor.