Humanity is getting older. But while the old outnumbering the young is one of the supreme achievements of our species, it comes with major challenges. Aaron Bastani on a crisis set to re-define societies around the world which, for the 21st century at least, is every bit as disruptive as climate change.
Owen Hatherley joins James Butler to argue that it’s time to reclaim the Red Metropolis.
What does the hollowing out of the high street do to the psyche of a town? And has the expansion of higher education obscured the precipitous decline of retail and other industries? Aaron Bastani heads to Portsmouth and Bournemouth to better understand the collapse of Britain’s town centres.
James Butler is joined by JoAnn Wypijewski and Vivek Chibber to discuss the fallout of the American election.
James Butler is joined by Dana Mills, author of a new critical biography of Rosa Luxemburg, to explore Red Rosa’s life, thought and many legacies.
James Butler is joined by Eliane Glaser to navigate through elitism, culture, aesthetic politics and the meaning of democracy.
After 2017 Labour stood on the brink of power. Yet by last December the party gained its lowest number of seats since 1935. How did that happen? Find out as Aaron Bastani is joined by authors of ‘Left Out’, Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire
Since 1843, The Economist has been the single most devoted and influential champion of liberalism anywhere in the world. But what exactly is liberalism, and what does the output of the Economist tell us about it?
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