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The London School of Economics and Political Science public events podcast series is a platform for thought, ideas and lively debate where you can hear from some of the world's leading thinkers. Listen to more than 200 new episodes every year.
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The last human job: AI, depersonalization and the industrial clock
Feb 19, 202501:28:52Tap to summarizeCritics commonly warn about three primary hazards of AI-job disruption, bias, and surveillance/privacy concerns. Yet the conventional story of AI’s dangers is missing a vital issue and blinding us to its role in a cresting “depersonalisation crisis.”
Transcribe →Climate capitalism: can market-based solutions save the planet?
Feb 18, 202501:29:38Summary readyContributor(s): Dr Benjamin Braun, Professor Brett Christophers, Professor Daniela Gabor | As the climate emergency intensifies, the efficacy of market-based solutions is under growing scrutiny. Can capitalism solve a crisis of its own making? Is "green growth" a path to transformative change, or will it solely legitimise and perpetuate systemic inequalities? Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the opportunities and challenges of market-based solutions in bringing about a livable and fair future for all.
SummaryClimate capitalism: can market-based solutions save the planet?
Feb 18, 202501:29:38Tap to summarizeAs the climate emergency intensifies, the efficacy of market-based solutions is under growing scrutiny. Can capitalism solve a crisis of its own making?
Transcribe →Is it possible to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity without a green agenda?
Feb 17, 202501:27:45Tap to summarizeContributor(s): Teresa Ribera | Join us for this special event at which European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera will take to the stage at LSE. In an era of rising inequality and economic transformation, the question of how to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity is more pressing than ever. At the same time, the green transition is reshaping industries, labor markets, and policies worldwide. But can economic justice be realized without a strong environmental agenda? Is sustainability a prerequisite for long-term prosperity, or can alternative paths lead to fair growth? This exclusive dialogue with Teresa Ribera, invites participants to delve into these pressing questions. With a distinguished background in environmental law and policy, Ribera brings a wealth of experience in crafting strategies that bridge economic growth with environmental stewardship.
Transcribe →Trans* lives, histories and activism
Feb 13, 202501:23:48Tap to summarizeContributor(s): Dr Onni Gust, Professor Susan Stryker | This thought-provoking conversation will bring together diverse expertise to critically examine and address the urgent socio-political challenges of our time. As gender-critical feminism and right-wing populist movements gain traction globally, it becomes increasingly critical to examine the deep historical and structural roots of these ideologies in colonialism, neoliberalism, and biopolitical regimes. These systems have long functioned to regulate bodies, identities, and communities, wielding power to sustain racialised, gendered, and class-based hierarchies.
Transcribe →Trans* lives, histories and activism
Feb 13, 202501:23:48Tap to summarizeThis thought-provoking conversation will bring together diverse expertise to critically examine and address the urgent socio-political challenges of our time.
Transcribe →Power, freedom, and justice: rethinking Foucault
Feb 12, 202501:26:22Summary readyContributor(s): Professor Mark Pennington | What are the implications of Michel Foucault’s critical social theories for how we think about freedom, power, and justice? Political economist Mark Pennington will address this question exploring themes from his forthcoming book Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge and Freedom. Pennington provides a unique engagement between Foucault’s account of power and knowledge and the most prominent theories of social justice in the liberal and social democratic traditions. He will suggest that the "positive" freedoms and rights favoured by contemporary liberal egalitarians, social democrats and standpoint theorists threaten to encase people in a web of bio-political surveillance "technologies" that narrow their scope to act as self-creating individuals. Building on this Foucauldian critique he will suggest that if we are to avoid the dangers of this species of "over-government" we may be best placed to re-explore the value of the "negative" freedoms and rights emphasised by the classical liberal tradition.
SummaryIs there a new Washington consensus?
Feb 11, 202501:24:55Tap to summarizeContributor(s): Professor Stephanie J. Rickard, Professor Andrés Velasco, Professor Robert Wade | For roughly a quarter century after the Cold War, the Washington consensus or neoliberalism guided US foreign economic policymaking. Today, that market-oriented consensus is in tatters, as Republicans and Democrats alike have shifted toward government intervention, including industrial policy, and away from free trade.
Transcribe →Is there a new Washington consensus?
Feb 11, 202501:24:55Tap to summarizeFor roughly a quarter century after the Cold War, the Washington consensus or neoliberalism guided US foreign economic policymaking.
Transcribe →LSE: The Ballpark | The international order and US-China competition with Professor Shiping Tang
Feb 10, 202500:43:55Tap to summarizeIn the past decade, many commentators have increasingly spoken of growing competition between the United States and China in areas like trade, industrial policy, but also on foreign policy and global influence more generally.
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