EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy
A podcast about inequality. We reimagine our economy one conversation at a time with activists, thinkers and politicians across the world. This podcast is hosted by Max Lawson, Grazielle Custódio, Annie Theriault and Nafkote Dabi and produced by Simon Maina. Hosted on Acast.
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Is Neoliberalism Dead? with Branko Milanović (opens the original)
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We are back! EQUALS Season 9 is officially here. And we’re starting with a massive question: Is neoliberalism dead? To answer it, we are thrilled to welcome back one of the world’s greatest economists on inequality and globalization, Branko Milanović, to discuss his groundbreaking latest book, The Great Global Transformation . In this season premiere, we pull back the curtain on: The Changing Global Economic Order: Why the old-world order is giving way to a new doctrine of "national market liber
The Global Justice Blueprint: A Roadmap to Equality, Shared Prosperity and Climate Justice (opens the original)
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Following our conversation with Olivier De Schutter on A Roadmap to End Poverty Beyond Growth , this episode concludes our two-part series exploring bold roadmaps for a just and sustainable future. Too often, climate breakdown and economic inequality are treated as separate crises. But what if they're two sides of the same problem, and one cannot be solved without confronting the other? In this episode of EQUALS, Nafkote Dabi and Max Lawson speak with Anmol Somanchi, Moritz Odersky, and Cornelia
Beyond Growth: Can We End Poverty Without GDP? (opens the original)
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For decades, governments have measured success with GDP growth. But even with years of economic expansion, poverty persists, inequality is growing and climate crisis is worsening. In this episode, we speak with Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, about his groundbreaking roadmap to end poverty without relying on endless GDP growth. Drawing on years of country visits and a global collaboration involving hundreds of economists, academics, unions and
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