Are the Tories Actually Strong on the Economy? 🤔
The Tories like to present themselves as the party of economic credibility. But after nine years in power is that really true?
Tag: growth
The Tories’ Record on the Economy? A Catastrophe
Aaron Bastani looks at how Britain has suffered a 'lost decade', and how another is on the way
Osborne’s Cocktail of Threats – Crisis 2016?
What are the ingredients of the Cocktail of Threats? Aaron Bastani on why George Osborne is suddenly so keen to ring the alarm about the UK economy.
Interview: Antony Loewenstein
Aaron Bastani speaks to Antony Loewenstein, author of 'Disaster Capitalism', about migration, Europe and what it means to be a journalist in the 21st century.
Interview: Jeremy Corbyn
Aaron Bastani talks to Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn about his candidacy and asks what a Corbyn government would mean for constitutional reform, policing, care work, sexism and more besides.
What is Growth? 6 Things You Should Know
It's the political buzzword of our times, but how much to do you know about where growth comes from, who it benefits and what it ignores?
What is deflation and what does it mean for the working class?
Yesterday the UK went into deflation. George Osborne praised the "good news" while many economists were far more cautious. James Meadway from the New Economics Foundation explains what deflation is and what it means for the economy, wages and the working class.
UK Gov’t Deficit Lies & The Global Economic Meltdown
Aaron Bastani talks deficits, debt and the future of the global economy in 2015.
The Ineptitude of Chuka Umunna: 5 Signs Labour are Scraping the Barrel
"Cities are on the march," declares shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna. That's easy for Blue Labour's anti-squatter pin-up to say, but here's why he's failed on the basics of urban political economy and why his ineptitude means Labour are scraping the ideas barrel.
Falling Wages, Self-Managed Poverty
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss recent economic data and the massive growth in the 'self-employed' since 2010.
Interview: David Harvey
Professor David Harvey talks to Aaron Bastani about capitalism, crisis and social movements post-2008.
‘Let Them Eat Bingo’: Assessing #Budget2014
On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss 'Budget 2014'.
Unmasking UK Growth
Aaron Bastani takes a closer look at the recent 'good news' about the UK economy.
‘Growth is Not Great’
On 'Growth is Not Great' James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss the ideology of economic growth. How has it become so central in debates about the 'good society'?
Growth, Austerity, Poverty
On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss Britain recent growth data. What does it tell us about austerity and what is it's relationship to declining wages and living standards?