Steve Keen is one of very few economists globally who perfectly predicted the 2008 financial crisis. More recently he also predicted the Chinese economic downturn and deflation in Europe. How does he keep getting these predictions correct? The secret is to look at the elements of the economy that all mainstream economists deliberately ignore.

The Ten-Step Parent Guide to Supporting You Child’s Learning in the Early Years.
It’s so easy to be educated but not really know anything. The system is set up for compliance so we do well in it by ‘doing what we’re told and doing it to the best of our abilities’.
For some people that’s their entire life - but some discover there is more to it than that and do something about it.

Private institutions who sell education as a commodity for profit are putting their interests above that of children. This corrosive shift is not what children, teachers or the world needs. Economist Prabhat Patnaik explains how real education is being deconstructed.
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….

Despite their bed-hopping antics, the most important legacy of the Bloomsbury Group is what can be achieved by people who are prepared to challenge convention in pursuit of a better world, argues Mark Braund.
In this extract from the documentary Four Horsemen, some of the world’s leading economists discuss the myth of trickle down economics.

We need a more sophisticated debate about business and how it impacts on wider society, writes Mark Braund.

Anyone who believes in the possibility of a better world should support Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn, even if they’re not convinced by his traditional left-wing agenda, argues Mark Braund.

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…

The following books have inspired our thinking for the Four Horsemen film and our Survival Manual book.
Kim Hill from Radio New Zealand discusses Greece, austerity and Europe’s future with Ross Ashcroft on her Saturday Morning show.
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…
Watch our ‘Comment is Free’ piece with The Guardian.
Steve Keen Interview - Part 2: Elaborating on the problems with austerity, Steve Keen explains how private debt really works.
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…
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— Renegade Economist (@RenegadeEcon) March 25, 2015 We will not return to ‘business as usual’. The Four Horsemen is an independent feature documentary from us which lifts the lid on how the…
Matthew Watson is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick University.
Four Horsemen is an award winning independent feature documentary which lifts the lid on how the world really works.
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— Renegade Economist (@RenegadeEcon) March 21, 2015 Renegade Economist talk show with Ann Pettifor.

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?
Four Horsemen - German language version
We now need to make a job not take a job. The co-operative structure is a wonderful solution to widespread unemployment
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…
The Four Horsemen is an independent feature documentary which lifts the lid on how the world really works

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…
A Renegade Economist exclusive with bankings best - Scott Carver
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…
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…






