Tag: crisis
Why Owning Stuff Is Better Than Working
Make America Normal Again. Interview With Adam Tooze
Taking the Red Pill with Hari Kunzru
Hari Kunzru joins James Butler to discuss his new novel, Red Pill. They talk surveillance capitalism, neofascism, violence and breakdown.
The Economy Goes on Holiday
James Butler is joined by Will Davies, to discuss the ‘holiday of exchange value’ and the political economy of the pandemic.
Britain and the Coronavirus: a Timeline of Failure
Pandemic Insolvency: Why This Economic Crisis Will Be Different
Bue Rübner Hansen
Left Populism, Coronavirus and Crisis
James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss left populism, Italian politics, and the nature of the crisis over the pandemic in Italy, Europe and beyond.
A Decade of Crisis
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Richard Seymour and Aaron Bastani: a decade since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the ensuing economic, political and social crisis, what’s changed? And were obituaries for neoliberalism written too soon?
Does High Private Debt Hold the Seeds of a New Recession?
Grace Blakeley
Britain in Freefall
On NovaraFM Aaron and James discuss the political crisis after the general election and the aftermath of the Grenfell fire.
The Long Depression: Michael Roberts on Capitalism and Crisis
On #NovaraFM, James Butler interviews Michael Roberts on Marxist readings of economic crisis and the post-08 depression.
Of Demagogues and Democrats
A.R. Naraghi
Jeremy Hunt is Killing the NHS
Last week the CEO of the British Red Cross said the NHS was facing a ‘humanitarian crisis’. Aaron looks at the service’s recent problems and how they reflect an intentional project, by the Tory Party, to privatise healthcare in the UK.
Italy after the Referendum: Insurgents, Constitutions, Volatility
On this week’s show, James Butler interviews three experts on Italian politics, economics and history, asking how we should think about Renzi’s defeat, and what’s next for Italy. With David Broder, Lucia Pradella, and John Foot.