Dan Edelstyn chats to Sarah-Jayne Clifton, director of Jubilee Debt Campaign about the huge changes afoot in the UK and international economies. Among the subjects discussed are the Bank of England who are effectively, bailing out banks, busine

Hope & Action EP 9 How Should Artists Respond To The Coronavirus Crisis?

Apr 14th, 2020 21m 37s

This week author and academic Max Haiven joins us from lockdown in London Fields. Our theme is artists in a moment of crisis, how do we respond? Coronavirus capitalism, disorientation.. how to remain positive and productive while being trapped

Ann Pettifor on Coronavirus Capitalism - 26/3/20

Mar 29th, 2020 30m 56s

Dan Edelstyn and Ann Pettifor discuss the economic impacts of the coronavirus on the day the new unemployment numbers came out in the US. Ann's feeling is that capitalism cannot cope with a crisis like this and it will lead to a very deep reces

Hope & Action Episode 7: Andrew Simms, co-founder of Green New Deal and fellow of NEF

Jan 6th, 2020 44m 9s

This week’s conversation with Andrew Simms outlines the potential complementary relationship between economic and environmental sustainability. Co-founder of the Green New Deal, a fellow of the New Economics Foundation and founder of the New We

Hope & Action Episode 6: Dr. Johnna Montgomerie - Should We Abolish Household Debt?

Dec 30th, 2019 39m 53s

Buckle up, the wonderful Dr. Johnna Montgomerie (Head of International Political Economy dpt at King's College London) is about to set your debt quandary straight. In addition to unpicking how the 2008 financial crash was framed and blamed, Joh

Hope & Action Episode 5: Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times

Dec 24th, 2019 43m 41s

We sat down with Martin Wolf, associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times to discuss the history of banking, the 2008 financial crash, sovereign money creation and his thoughts on Andrew Ross’ ‘Creditocracy’ thesis.

Hope & Action Episode 4: Professor Andrew Ross on Creditocracy

Dec 18th, 2019 38m 8s

We’re especially excited to be sharing our conversation with Professor Andrew Ross. Specialising in Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, Ross wrote the movement literature text ‘Creditocracy: and the Case for Debt Refusal’ which

Hope & Action Episode 3: John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

Dec 10th, 2019 25m 27s

We were delighted to snag some time with Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, John McDonnell. We discussed Labour’s proposed strategies for ending the financial mess that the UK has been saddled with since the 2007 crash. Here’s a link to John M

Hope & Action Podcast 2 Special - Neala Schleuning Reads from her excellent book Artpolitik: Social Anarchist Aesthetics in an Age of Fragmentation

Sep 27th, 2019 28m 21s

Neala reads from her excellent book Artpolitik: Social Anarchist Aesthetics in an Age of Fragmentation.This reading focuses on the relationship between visual art and politics over the course of the twentieth century as articulated by several k

Hope & Action Episode 1. Dan Edelstyn meets one of his literary heroines - Neala Schleuning

Sep 27th, 2019 47m 49s

Neala Schleuning is the writer behind "Artpolitik: Social Anarchist Aesthetics in an Age of Fragmentation." The book has been a huge inspiration to us at Bank Job headquarters, and as its central theme it explores the relationship between aesth

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