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S02E035 - ‘A4E in the UK’ the political economy of outsourcing in the UK since 2010

On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss outsourcing in the UK. Outsourcing has seen a massive explosion since 2010 with the UK now being the world’s second largest outsourcing market.

S02E034 - Networks and undead institutions – the crisis of the state-form?

On this week’s show James Butler is joined by Eleanor Saitta as they discuss networks, technology, undead institutions, the state-form and the ‘coming crisis’.

S02E033 - Right on! Where next for austerity fundamentalism as crisis deepens?

On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss ‘the great moving right’ show as crisis deepens and Plan A is seen for the abysmal failure it was always destined to be.

S02E032 - ‘Five Star Shaman’ – the meaning of Beppe Grillo

On today’s show Aaron Peters is joined by Federico Campagna as they discuss the rise of the Italian ’5 Star Movement’ and its charismatic leader, Beppe Grillo.

S02E023 - ‘Why it’s (still) kicking off everywhere’ – in conversation with Paul Mason

On this week’s show James Butler and Aaron Peters are joined by Paul Mason, economics editor for BBC Newsnight, as they discuss some of the issues in the second edition of his book ‘Why It’s (Still) Kicking Off Everywhere’.

S02E030 - ‘The invention of the land of Israel’ – in conversation With Shlomo Sand

On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler are joined by author and academic Shlomo Sand as they discuss his new book ‘The Invention of the Land of Israel’.

S02E029 - Policing, prisons and ‘the society of control’

On this week’s show James Butler and Aaron Peters discuss issues of disciplinarity, punishment, control and policing – offering context as the state further cuts back on its social welfare role and increases the strength of its repressive functions within the Great Recession.

S02E027 - Surplus – labour and capital, utopia and dystopia

On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler are joined by Hannah Forbes Black as they discuss ideas of surplus in relation to labour and capital, utopia and dystopia.

S02E028 - Is there such a thing as ‘the real economy’?

On this week’s edition of Novara Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss the idea of the ‘real economy’ as being independent from the supposedly ‘unreal’ financial economy. Does this binary still cohere with the observable workings of contemporary production in the 21st century?

S02E026 - What is revolution?

On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss the concept of revolution – is the binary of reform and revolution a useful one in informing ‘what is to be done’?

S02E024 - On ‘columnism’ in discussion with Laurie Penny

This week’s discussion features James Butler, Laurie Penny and Aaron Peters as they discuss Ulrike Meinhoff’s essay ‘On Columnism‘ and it’s relationship to the limits of contemporary journalism and dominant media practices.

S02E025 - ‘Once upon in (a ‘deadbeat’) America’ – where next for the US economy?

On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss the US economy in 2013 and beyond – is it, to use the words of Barack Obama, a ‘deadbeat’ economy?
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