The cause of vastly inflated executive remuneration is the same as that which lies behind every other “bubble”… On July 11 The Times published an…
Much has been made of Britain’s current account deficit, which is the amount by which our imports of goods and services exceed our exports. It…
It is not often you hear of a priest who worried the former British Prime Minister dubbed ‘The Iron Lady’. Margret Thatcher called Donald Reeves a ‘very dangerous man’ due to his support of the oppressed and his refusal to see foreign policy in terms of black and white.
Darren Coffield is an artist and writer who feels the art world (read art industry) has become so commercialised that it now exists only to…
As the lifespan of every company shortens, paying lip service to change is dangerous and following the herd can be fatal. I’ve recently been working…
In this episode of Meet The Renegades we speak to economics writer Martin Sandbu from the Financial Times.
His recently released book ‘Europe’s Orphan: The Future of the Euro and the Politics of Debt’ attacks the current thinking of what politicians and policy makers in Brussels and Frankfurt consider to be self-evident.
On this episode of Meet the Renegades, Ross Ashcroft welcomes Christian Felber - author, lecturer and founder of the Economy for the Common Good.
From Aristotle to Adam Smith economics was a school of thought based on Natural Laws and philosophy. How come we have strayed so far from our roots? What really has the Mont Pelerin Society got to do with Reaganomics and Thatcherism?
There are vast numbers of Zombie companies out there who are paying off nominal interest payments on huge debts in order to keep the lights…
From Camp Kotok in Maine, Ross Ashcroft speaks to Leland Miller, president of China Beige Book International. They discuss the current landscape of the Chinese economy…
In this Renegade Inc. talk show at Camp Kotok in Maine, Ross Ashcroft speaks to Matt Tyrmand from the NGO American Transparency which focuses on government accountability….
At Camp Kotok in Maine, USA, Ross Ashcroft speaks to author, columnist, equities analyst and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, Barry Ritholtz. They discuss the…
Why do we celebrate one person’s right to a job for life when they never interviewed for the position asks Matthew Lacey.
Ross Ashcroft speaks to David Kotok, founder of Camp Kotok, in Maine, and Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Cumberland Advisors. They discuss the origins and…
Making a job, not taking a job means so much more than simply turning your back on employment and setting up on your own. It is more a way of life, a new distinctive multiple income stream lifestyle. It requires a new way of thinking, and not relying on big business or government to put our best interests first.
We need a more sophisticated debate about business and how it impacts on wider society, writes Mark Braund.
Looking at the terms of the Greek bailout one thing is abundantly clear: this is not only a heartless deal, but a brainless one as…
Can Greece ever pay off its debts, adopt a German economic mindset and stay in the euro? Since 2010 we have been gripped by the…
Harold Crooks, Director of “The Price We Pay” and John Christensen, Director and Co-founder of Tax Justice Network discuss the Robin Hood tax, the capture of the political class by the financial industry and the hope that lies in civil society’s intensifying fight for tax justice in the second half of this interview series.
Harold Crooks, Director of “The Price We Pay” and John Christensen, Director and Co-founder of Tax Justice Network come to the studio to talk about the ‘finance curse’, taxation and the sustainability of democracy in the first half of this interview series.
The Fabian Society invited Nicola Smith of the TUC, Dan Corry - once a Labour government adviser – and me to address their Summer Conference…
“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”…
Ross Ashcroft interviews Ann Pettifor director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics, PRIME and fellow at New Economics Foundation. They discuss Ann’s 2003 prediction of the…
Steve Keen Interview - Part 5: The UK’s business like approach to education leaves very little room for innovation. How do we shift the focus from…
Steve Keen Interview - Part 4: As we enter the age of volatility, what does this mean for our pensions?
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Steve Keen Interview - Part 2: Elaborating on the problems with austerity, Steve Keen explains how private debt really works.
Steve Keen Interview - Part 1: In the aftermath of the Conservatives’ surprise victory in the UK, Steve Keen tells us why he thinks this…
The wider public is depressingly disinterested in the workings of the economy; nowhere is this more evident than in their ignorance of the monetary system….
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Current best practices in risk management work only when correlations are stable. At turning points historical relationships between assets breakdown. The only way to effectively…
As a way of securing wealth without engaging in real economic activity – the act of combining land, labour and capital to create something with…
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In this latest show Renegade Economist host Ross Ashcroft talks with Larry Lamb, George Lamb and Roger Mavity about todays relevance of the American Dream…
Ed Milliband’s conference speech in Liverpool (2011) was typical of any populist career politician. The central theme was “I’m different so you can trust me…
Single parent? Attend the Jobcentre and get referred to social services as a troubled family. Ne… http://t.co/1zNnSmC1RT via @charlotteh71
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Ross Ashcroft from Renegade Economist speaks with Steve Keen whilst he was in London to launch his new book ‘ Debunking Economics: The Emperor Dethroned?’
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Matthew Watson is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick University.
If there was a form of “conscious capitalism” in which care was extended to fellow humans, animals and the natural environment whether animate or inanimate,…
Land rent is one of several sources of unearned wealth that bestow privileges on a minority of citizens while biasing the economy against the interests…
Multimillionaire Next boss slams Living Wage campaign - a Tory peer, of course http://t.co/JkKJQ7RybK
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The Renegade Economist goes to New York to hear Prof. Michael Hudson’s views on the state of the US Economy.
Yesterday I picked up a copy of Animal Spirits by George A Akerlof and Robert J Shiller. In the preface to their book they discuss how Keynes’s General…
They say things like: “If the total size of the money supply was fixed then there is no possible source of money for paying interest.”…
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Renegade Economist talk show with Ann Pettifor.
Not so long ago communist China was not a player in international finance, neither was the then Soviet Union. Step a little further back in…
There is an accepted view in politics and the media that roughly equates to this: a professional class of ‘experts’ are far better at commentary…
Since 1984 (surely an appropriate year) while the elderly have grown their wealth in nominal terms, the young are much worse off both in inflation-adjusted terms, as well as nominal terms(pretty hard to believe given that the money supply has expanded eightfold in the intervening years). So why are the elderly doing over fifty times better than the young when they were only doing ten times better before?
UK politics is dominated by middle England pre-occupations, there are vaguely hysterical fears of the UK having a ‘Depardieu moment’, and capital flight in case of…
I’ve lost count of the times I’ve used the words ‘elite’ and ‘minority’ in this series on unearned wealth, but I’m certainly not going to…
These arguments appear irreconcilable. So who is right? And how could there have been any doubt? The reason the argument rages so often is that…
A good company is just that - good people. Toxic workplaces eviscerate the goodwill and productivity. Habit often means we forget this.
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Prof. Michael Hudson gives a series on the global economic crisis. Views you will not get in the mainstream.
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Michael Hudson reveals the real motives behind the international bailout package.
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Michael Hudson address the economic issues that now face everyone.
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We now need to make a job not take a job. The co-operative structure is a wonderful solution to widespread unemployment
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Professor Michael Hudson talks about the importance of economic rent.
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While in Pakistan the Renegade Economist investigates the intriguing world of truck painting in Karachi.
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Nick talks about corporate tax avoidance.
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Neo-liberal politicians want to re-inflate the housing bubble… is that wise?
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Mike Lee talks technology and innovation.
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Ross Ashcroft gives the 2012 keynote for the Renegade Economist Winter Series.
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David Malone is the author of The Debt Generation and also an independent filmmaker covering philosophy, science and religion. David is a fierce critic of…
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This is the future of banking. Like during the 16th Reformation you either evolve or die. Watch why…
The standard economic model is a brilliant piece of mathematics, winning Nobel Prizes for its originators Kenneth Arrow and Gerard Debreu. It proves how if…
So, what should economics be about? Well, that depends on your values and world view. If you believe that everyone should have an equal chance…
It’s what’s left unsaid All the talk from politicians, economists and even most journalists is of government debt to GDP ratios. All of the problems…
Some people just care about practical or personal concerns, and value capture is just as relevant from this perspective. Through it we begin to replace…
You own yourself, and by extension you own what you make through labour or voluntary transactions thereof. Land, however, is not a fruit of labour.
Anything less than an equal share is a violation of the Law of Equal Liberty, for any exclusive claim over natural opportunities necessarily reduces the opportunities…
The answer depends on two things: how those profits are derived, and what happens to them. Last week we noted how the senior executives and…
Education Seen in a longer timeframe, education is best imparted from kindergarten and up. In this regard it can be said that true education is…
Throughout the 19th century the integrity of economics was steadily eroded. Whereas the ‘classical’ founders of the discipline had set their enquiries in the rapidly changing…
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With the Church of England in disarray who better to talk to about dissent and the occupy movement than the legendary turbulent priest.
At the beginning of this series, I suggested a definition of wealth as ‘the ability to purchase in the market place those goods and services…
Mainstream economic models ignore debt. The argument goes like this: if I lend you £1 then you have +£1 and I have -£1; and -1…
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Alastair talks about architecture, land, design and hitting the greatest monopoly of all…
It is entirely natural for parents to want to support their children in every way possible, and for some this includes making financial provision for…
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Barrister and School Principal Ian Mason addressed the UN: One World One Wealth - Economics, Justice and the Rights of Nature. We ask him how…
In Britain the term “Lost Generation” was originally used for those who died in World War I. People mourned that “the best of the nation…
First, if the city or state developed following the course of a river system and the river suddenly changed direction or dried up, its economy…
Tim Van Spink Smythe Glib is getting back into banking…
The crises we face today are created by humans and what is created by humans can be changed by humans, so we are all capable of transforming our world.
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The Victorian age was one of great progress and great folly, and particularly a time of great ideas. While we scoff at buttoned down Victorian…
Interviewed by the Financial Times (June 7th 2003), Friedman admitted that, “The use of the quantity of money as a target has not been a…
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Ross Ashcroft catches up with Britain’s Buy to Let King Fergus Wilson, a man who bizarrely seems to be totally in the dark to the…
Let's reorganize enterprises in our society so that all the workers together make the decisions - what to produce, how to produce, where to produce and what to do with the profits.
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Former Wall Street trader and founder of Karma Bank Max Keiser gives Christmas cheer to Renegade Economist viewers.
The time for change Despite a faltering economy and the increasing squeeze on living standards, rising house prices remain persistently but not unsurprisingly viewed as…
But it’s more than that, because the theory says that to reach equilibrium (the point at which prices match everyone wishing to buy with someone wishing to…
The Tipping Point I may be wrong, but it looks like a tipping point. A host of concerned economy-watchers are beginning to understand that most…
This simple question reflected a widely held view that economics as a subject had something to answer for. For a proportion of economists (and their…
They assume that money is essentially tokens that get passed from person to person as they exchange goods. One would assume that the amount of…
Hierarchy v Self-responsibility Disintegrating hierarchy will eventually be replaced by self-responsibility - but we are not there yet. Combine a lack of strong principled leadership…