This month we're joined by Alice Martin of the New Economics Foundation and Lydia Hughes of IWGB to discuss trade unions past present and future!The first of many such discussions we hope.Recorded in late November 2019 (before the general e

AP episode 4: the food delivery economy and its future

Oct 14th, 2019 48m 9s

Callum Cant joins Autonomy's Julian Siravo and Will Stronge to discuss the food delivery industry, precarity and the future of this sector.Is precarity always bad?Can platform cooperativism actually work?What is the future of food deliver

AP episode 3: Basic income in the UK

Sep 10th, 2019 48m 39s

Autonomy’s Will Stronge talks to economist Stewart Lansley about a feasible basic income, the idea of everyone in society holding wealth in common (Citizen’s Wealth Fund) and universal basic services.Would a basic income change much in our ec

AP episode 2: post-work architecture

Aug 12th, 2019 47m 47s

Autonomy’s Julian Siravo talks to Helen Hester and architect Mollie Claypool about post-work architecture, public luxury and the new modes of automated construction that are starting to become available.Why is architecture relevant to post-wo

AP episode 1: gestation and surrogacy

Jul 25th, 2019 35m 31s

Feminist author Sophie Lewis discusses themes from her recent work Full Surrogacy Now with Autonomy's Helen Hester.Is surrogacy a form of work, and what does it mean if it is?Is pregnancy inherently gendered?

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