On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss the coming year and potential moments of crisis. The conversation includes the return of heightened intensity in the Eurozone crisis specifically Spain, Italy and France.

On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler look at two areas which are, and could in the future, bring large returns for investors, even amid crisis. One is social impact bonds the other is student housing funds.

Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss corporate tax avoidance particularly by ‘consumer facing’ high street retailers such as the Arcadia Group and chain cafes such as Starbucks. Here such tax avoidance will be analysed within the context of the ‘Great Recession’ and a crisis of profitability.

On this week’s show Aaron Peters interviews Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin authors of ‘The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire’.

In this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler are joined by Nina Power, author of ‘One-Dimensional Woman’. They ask whether one year after the ‘English Riots’ anything has changed and whether they could happen again?

In this week’s show James Butler and Aaron Peters are joined by independent writer and researcher Andrew McGettigan as they discuss the financialisation of the UK higher education sector.

On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler are joined by Dan Trilling, assistant editor of the ‘New Statesman’ and author of ‘Bloody Nasty People’, as they discuss the British Nationalist Party and some of the distinctive elements of contemporary fascism.

This week James Butler and Aaron Peters are joined by Richard Bernard as they discuss the TUC (Trades Union Congress) it’s historical role and it’s present function in relation to the Labour Party in the context of austerity.

On this week’s show Aaron Peters is joined by Hannah Forbes-Black as they reflect on the October 20th TUC Demo ‘A Future That Works’.

On this week’s show Aaron Peters and James Butler discuss the big question – what exactly *is* austerity? When did it begin and under what conditions will it finish?

On this week’s show Aaron Peters is joined by Seth Wheeler as they discuss the ‘Refusal of Work’ as the catalyst for capitalist re-composition. The conversation examines the politics of OK! magazine, the Jetsons, Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Saturday Night Fever.

On this week’s show James Butler and Aaron Peters discuss the relationship power and hope. Is there a place for optimism when engaging with power and a propositional politics?