IMF CHIEF KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA – ON COMMUNISM, CARBON, AND CORONAVIRUS
What a way to kick off season 3! Nadia Daar and Max Lawson start us off with a truly illuminating conversation with one of the world’s most powerful people, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”). What does communism have to do…
IS IT POPULISM OR FASCISM? – with Ece Temelkuran
This is an illuminating and fun conversation with award-winning Turkish novelist and political commentator Ece Temelkuran about the slide into a more authoritarian world. What’s driving this? Has the pandemic made it worse? And what’s it got to do with inequality? Ece is the author…
WHEN WE BROUGHT DOWN A DICTATOR – Meet Lidy Nacpil
This episode, we talked to Lidy Nacpil-Alejandro, a truly legendary activist fighting for justice to this day. She played a part in bringing down Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship. She’s fought inequality for over forty years and is on the front-line of the fight against climate change….
The redistributive impact of fiscal policy indicator: A new global standard for assessing government effectiveness in tackling inequality within the SDG framework
What do the World Bank, Oxfam, and the Commitment to Equity Institute have in common? All seek to reduce inequality through policy choices; find fiscal policies critical to this end; and have taken collective action to ensure the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework is well-equipped…
RACISM, REBELLIONS AND THE ECONOMY – With Professor Darrick Hamilton
We speak to the brilliant Professor Darrick Hamilton, an “intellectual giant” behind thinking on the racial wealth gap and inequality, who’s bold policy ideas have been championed by a number of US political figures. We speak about ant-racism protests and the way in which coronavirus…
WHY WE NEED A #PEOPLESVACCINE – with Achal Prabhala & Mohga Kamal-Yanni
A vaccine against COVID-19 is humanity’s best shot at ending this painful pandemic. But how can we ensure that a vaccine is available to all people, all countries, free of charge? As we continue our #InequalityVirus miniseries, we talk about the need for a #PeoplesVaccine,…
SPEAKING UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS
This episode is all about saying it like it is. As we continue with our #InequalityVirus miniseries, we speak to Professor Philip Alston, who famously exposed the stark realities of inequality and called out unjust Government policies during his tenure as UN Special Rapporteur for…
Coronavirus and the case for care: Envisioning a just, feminist future
There’s no ‘pause’ button for care The Coronavirus is highlighting just how essential care work is to our economy, health and survival. The idea that we are in an economic ‘shutdown’ is a misnomer. Huge amounts of unpaid care work are forcing many (mainly women)…
Precarious, Invisible but Essential: Womxn Workers Sustain Life in a Time of Crisis
Experts are already warning that the economic crisis caused by coronavirus could push over half a billion people into poverty.Most of these people are workers. In fact, the International Labor Organization (ILO) forecasts that workers are set to lose an addition 3.4 trillion dollars in…
#InequalityVirus – From the Kenyan Frontlines
This is the latest part of the EQUALS #InequalityVirus mini-series, from what can only be described as the frontlines. A fascinating look into what coronavirus looks like from one of Africa’s biggest cities: Nairobi, Kenya. Max and Nabil speak to a doctor from a major…