Excerpt: /307/ Aufhebonus Bonus (Dec 2022)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8g2c4-1330b17 On your questions & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We debate what kind of work 'shared-labour socialism' would involve in a complex society, and what role 'dispossession' or 'expropriation' has in the contemporary economy. Plus: strategies on Ukraine – backing independence,…

Excerpt: /296/ Last-Gasp Neoliberalism (Trussonomics)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f8nh9-12edca8 On Trussonomics.   [Patreon Exclusive]   Having stumbled upon a successful recipe under Boris Johnson which would see greater state intervention, Britain's Tories then pivoted to a much more pro-market approach. But the markets haven't liked it – they've…

/286/ What Was Communism? ft. Branko Milanovic

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pgv57-12b743a On Communism's historic role.   We talk to renowned Serbian-American economist Branko Milanovic about growing up in Yugoslavia and how, in much of the world, History never ended. We then dedicate much of the episode to discussing Branko's claim…