Lead Story
Neoliberalism: The manipulation of the many to benefit the few
The Tory exchequer has roughly four times as much money at its disposal as it did six decades ago. Yet, Britain’s richest 1% has as much wealth as the poorest 57% combined. When Theresa May says capitalism is the “greatest agent of collective human progress ever created”, what she really means is that it is the best model through which her class is able to financially enrich themselves by manipulating the institutions of society.
Life
The great British housing sell-off
The gradual privatisation of social housing has turned Britain’s housing market into a postcode lottery that unfairly marginalises those who can least afford it. Successive UK governments have applied free market economic principles which have decimated our communities. This week on Renegade Inc we are joined by filmmaker, Paul Sng, and author and sociologist, Lisa McKenzie, to discuss how to stop the great British housing slump.
Politics
Empire strikes back
The footage of Spanish police beating and injuring fellow citizens who participated in a non-binding referendum was unsettling. The Catalan government claimed that 844 people were injured by the end. It looked like a western democratic country was melting down before our eyes. The crisis is more than just a regional cry for independence, but an ideological crisis that will continue to be driven by a deepening financial crisis and austerity. Will authoritarianism destroy yet another democracy?
Business
‘Good leaders make you feel safe’ – Sinek
Good leaders are like good parents: You wouldn’t simply cut your kids’ allowance the minute their academic performance starts to suffer, so why would you do the same to your workforce, expecting different results? Creating trust and safety — particularly in an uneven economy — means taking on big responsibility. Read on to discover companies who didn’t simply begin slashing their workforces the minute the writing was on the wall.
Economics & Finance
Neoliberalism: The manipulation of the many to benefit the few
The Tory exchequer has roughly four times as much money at its disposal as it did six decades ago. Yet, Britain’s richest 1% has as much wealth as the poorest 57% combined. When Theresa May says capitalism is the “greatest agent of collective human progress ever created”, what she really means is that it is the best model through which her class is able to financially enrich themselves by manipulating the institutions of society.
Renegade TV
The great British housing sell-off
The gradual privatisation of social housing has turned Britain’s housing market into a postcode lottery that unfairly marginalises those who can least afford it. Successive UK governments have applied free market economic principles which have decimated our communities. This week on Renegade Inc we are joined by filmmaker, Paul Sng, and author and sociologist, Lisa McKenzie, to discuss how to stop the great British housing slump.
Arts & Culture
I could have done that
Thanks to the commodification of culture, artists have been maligned and minimised to societal anomalies, indulgent characters living in an alternative universe whose success owes either to their innate eccentricity, or hopeless romanticism. Everyone’s a critic. The snobbish refrain, ‘I could have done that’, speaks volumes about the diminished role of art in dominant culture.