The pandemic, war in the Ukraine and climate change… seems like the perfect storm pushing the cost of living crisis across Europe. But economists say they aren’t the only reasons for those punishing price rises. Have governments ceded so much control to the so-called free market that they can’t face down the barrage of rising costs hitting their citizens? With people often being forced to choose between heating and eating?

GUESTS:

Nick Gardham

CEO of Community Organisers

Lydia Prieg

Head of Economics at New Economics Foundation

Renaud Foucart

Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University

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