https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ayisy-ae607b On Modern Monetary Theory. Doug Henwood joins us to discuss whether MMT offers a fiscal alternative for Left governments. What is monetary sovereignty and do all states have it? What are MMT's prospects for states as different as the…
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/67/ Legacies of Postmodernism ft. Catherine Liu
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2gunp-ace712 On whether we can salvage anything from postmodernism. Have we left postmodernity - and if so, can can we be properly dialectical about it: see it as progress and catastrophe all at once? Is there a moment of truth…
/67/ Legacies of Postmodernism ft. Catherine Liu
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2gunp-ace712 On whether we can salvage anything from postmodernism. Have we left postmodernity - and if so, can can we be properly dialectical about it: see it as progress and catastrophe all at once? Is there a moment of truth…
#BungaLive: Europe after Brexit
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-r7zjm-aba43e #BungaLive. Debate on the future of Europe, held at Queen Mary, University of London on 21 March 2019. Europe After Brexit: Internationalism or Transnationalism? Until now, most debates about Brexit have only considered the question from the viewpoint of…
/66/ An Economics for the Many ft. James Meadway
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bekbr-ab17f7 On 'Corbynomics'. We talk to James Meadway, former advisor to the UK's Shadow Chancellor, about what a Corbyn government could and should do. What is the scope for manoeuver of a Left Government in 2019? What does a British…
/65/ Bunga Gets Ultra-Real ft. Steve Hall
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g9f8t-a9eaf7 On crime and the far-right. Prof Steve Hall explains what 'ultra-realism' in criminology means - and why we need to get beyond liberal idealism. We also discuss the rise of the English far-right, the EDL - and how a…
#BungaLive event: EUROPE AFTER BREXIT
https://youtu.be/QpS2f5oK2O8 Europe after Brexit: Internationalism or Transnationalism? Aufhebunga Bunga - the global politics podcast at the end of the end of history - is holding its first live debate, in London, bringing its international, left-wing perspective to the question of…
/64/ These Vests Don’t Yellow ft. Aurélie Dianara
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-c7e8v-a971e6 On the Gilets Jaunes - again. They won’t go away. They won’t be subsumed by other forces or institutions and, after more than three months, they’re not exhausted yet. Have the Gilets Jaunes punctured France’s depression and drift? How…
/63/ The Oscars Have Themselves ft. Maren Thom
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jz285-a88b75 On the 2019 Academy Awards. Maren Thom joins us again to see what we can learn from the Oscar nominations. We debate when exactly Hollywood's 'end of history' was, and take film criticism to task for its literal-minded desire…
/62/ Media Shitness ft. Amber A’Lee Frost
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wpvjk-a83e28 On #NOBS in the media. So many newspapers are inadequate these days, as they shift to publishing opinion and listicles instead of hard reporting. Why has this happened and how does it relate to the end of history? Amber…
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