It’s been a busy year for the climate movement since last summer’s scorching heatwave. Extinction Rebellion shut down the streets, the school strikes saw thousands of young people take a stand, and the Green New Deal has shot to the top of the political agenda – for now, at least.

Last month Parliament passed a motion to declare an ‘environment and climate change emergency’. Meanwhile, Theresa May is trying to use the last weeks of her premiership to build some sort of legacy, including a new target for net zero climate emissions by 2050.

So, against that backdrop, what should the climate movement do next? Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined this week by Hannah Martin from Greenpeace and Green New Deal UK.

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Last month, the owner of a chain of British hi-fi shops did something unusual. Julian Richer, the founder of Richer Sounds, gave away control of the company to the employees, and even gave them each a £1,000 cash bonus for every year they’ve worked there.

It’s a rare move for company owners to give up their wealth. Is this just generosity, or could it actually be good for business? And could it also be good economics, and even good for the planet?

We’re back for a brand new series of the Weekly Economics Podcast and this week we’re getting excited about inclusive ownership.

Ayeisha is joined by Marjorie Kelly, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow of The Democracy Collaborative in the US, and Mathew Lawrence, director of the think tank Common Wealth and co-author of a NEF report about inclusive ownership funds.

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Algorithms have a huge influence on the way that we see the world. We increasingly understand news through social media — as libraries shut down more of our knowledge is found with the click of a search engine rather than in books or classrooms.

But the algorithms that underpin our every interaction with the digital world are not neutral. They are created by humans, and reflect the biases of the people who write them.

We hosted Safiya Umoja Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression, to discuss her recent book with Kirsty Styles for this live episode of the podcast.

If you want to find out more about this topic, check out:

Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression

https://nyupress.org/9781479837243/algorithms-of-oppression/

Safiya Umoja Noble, Social Inequality Will not be Solved by an app

https://www.wired.com/story/social-inequality-will-not-be-solved-by-an-app/

Sarah Roberts, Behind the Screen

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300235883/behind-screen

Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/

Content warning: in this episode there is discussion of sexual content and pornography that some listeners might find offensive.

It’s been 4 years since Kirsty Styles and James Meadway told the story of neoliberalism, from Hayek to Thatcher to the end of history.

But now, the band is back together, alongside NEF chief executive Miatta Fahnbulleh. It’s 2019, the world is on fire, and it’s time to change the rules.

Music by Christian Bjoerklund, Mr Frisby's Beat Pocket, and Chris Zabriskie.

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Kirsty Styles and James Meadway talk about the alternatives to neoliberalism.

This episode was recorded back in August 2015, which feels like a million years ago. We still think it's worth listening to, but a lot has changed since then.

The good news is, James and Kirsty will be back for a brand new update episode next week, bringing us bang up to date on the alternatives.

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James Meadway and Kirsty Styles discuss how neoliberalism lives on today.

This episode was recorded back in August 2015 and a lot has changed since then. The good news is James and Kirsty will be back for a brand new episode in a couple of weeks’ time, telling the story of the backlash against neoliberalism over the past few years.

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James Meadway and Kirsty Styles explain how neoliberalism took hold in the UK in the 1980s.

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James Meadway and Kirsty Styles explain how neoliberalism came to dominate economies around the globe.

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Economist James Meadway and journalist Kirsty Styles continue their 6-part miniseries about neoliberalism. In part 2, they tell the story of how the once obscure ideas of theorist Friedrich Hayek moved from the fringe to the mainstream, ushering in the age of neoliberalism.

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For the next 6 weeks, we’re doing something a bit different. We’re telling the story of neoliberalism, from the beginning. We call it A Beginner’s Guide to Neoliberalism.

We first ran the series back in 2015, but it’s as relevant as ever. It’s presented by the journalist Kirsty Styles alongside James Meadway, who at the time was chief economist at the New Economics Foundation.

In part 1, James and Kirsty start with a history of our economic system, the difference between capitalism and neoliberalism, and examine how neoliberalism came to dominate modern day economics.

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