RSA ANIMATE: Crises of Capitalism

The module is designed to first present some of the main schools of thought from a historical and methodological perspective. Each week we explore and critically assess the main tenants of each school of thought. In the second part of the module we link history of economic thought and methodology to a specific and contemporary economic question. The second part allows you to engage with current economic issues with an awareness of methodology and methodological differences and with some knowledge of the history of economics.

The likely global impacts of the economic fallout from the Coronavirus and how we might be better prepared than the 2008 economic crisis to put forward progressive solutions.

Paul Mason presents the main arguments of his book PostCapitalism. First, he argues that capitalism runs out of its capability to adapt to crises and second states that information technology challenges the capitalist system. In a nutshell, he argues that a society which fully exploits information technologies can't include concepts such as intellectual property, free market or private ownership. This has far-reaching consequences for the organisation of wages and work. The talk stops at minute 37.30.

La propreté c'est le vol ! Ceci est la citation de Proudhon qui est aujourd'hui encore connue - au cours de ce podcast, la pensée économique de ce penseur et remise dans le contexte. Quel rôle aux entreprises, à la propreté dans l'action politique ? France Culture en discussion avec deux universitaires spécialistes en la matière, Anne-Sophie Chambost et Edouard Jourdain.