The future of work, finance and the economy

Philip Roscoe, author of 'How to Build a Stock Exchange', exposes Silicone Valley’s utopian myth that it would free us from the clutches of the state. …Read more

Vanessa Beck deplores Kemi Badenoch’s response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Menopause (APPG) recommendations on supporting menopausal women in the workplace. …Read more

Rhodri Davies, author of 'What Is Philanthropy For?', persuades us that knowing about the history of philanthropy is critical to understanding the implications of current philanthropic practice.…Read more

Sarrah Kassem, author of, Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy, calls on us to delve deep into the realities of the workers behind our screens keeping the platform economy going.…Read more

Luke Martell, author of Alternative Societies, calls for us to learn from a multitude of lived utopias around the world and scale them up to create an alternative society that is green, just and democratic. …Read more

In this episode, Richard Kemp speaks with Nicholas Gilmour and Tristram Hicks, authors of 'The War on Dirty Money', about why financial investigation needs to be done in parallel with the criminal justice system.…Read more

Safak Tartanoglu Bennett and Sian Moore consider the change in the backdrop to this new winter of discontent and highlight how inequality has increased, trade union composition has shifted and strikes are no longer simply about pay. …Read more

On the first day of the teachers' strikes, Richard Riddell, the author of Schooling in a Democracy, looks at how centralised government policy has increasingly separated schools from the communities they serve. …Read more

In this policy briefing Nicholas Gilmour and Tristram Hick, authors of The War on Dirty Money present key findings and policy recommendations based on their work. …Read more

Listen to authors and editors talking about the key social challenges of the moment in the top ten Transforming Society podcast episodes from 2022.…Read more