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Byline Times Audio ArticlesNigel Farage Is Killing the Conservative Party and Starmer Must Change Course to Avoid the Same FateByline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour.
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"I'm sad to be in opposition but there's a part of me that's excited," Kemi Badenoch told the Conservative party conference last October.
"We are going to have fun."
Fast forward to this morning and there was little sign of...2025-05-0210 min
Byline Times Audio ArticlesHow the British Media Laundered a Far Right Conspiracist's ReputationByline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour.
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On 18 April, Renaud Camus the French far right thinker and originator of the Great Replacement conspiracy theory which states that there is a "genocidal bloc" of elites deliberately destroying the identities of white European nations through immigration, was prevented from entering the...2025-04-2307 min
Tonight with Andrew MarrIs the Labour party still left wing?Labour peer Maurice Glasman speaks to Andrew Marr about the Labour party and Labour politics. He also speaks to Ambassador John Bolton, former Trump National Security Advisor about Trump's approach to Russia. 2025-03-3153 min
Coffee House ShotsCoffee House Shots Live with Maurice Glasman, David Frost and James KanagasooriamJoin Katy Balls, Michael Gove, Lord Glasman, Lord Frost and pollster James Kanagasooriam as they unpack the highly anticipated Spring Statement and its implications for national policy and global security.
Listen for: Michael’s plan for how to deal with the Donald, and why the Treasury is not fit for purpose; Maurice on his influence in the White House, and what's wrong with the current political class; David’s reflections on why Brexit was ahead of its time; and James’s explanation for Britain’s lost sense of community.2025-03-281h 10
Best of the SpectatorCoffee House Shots Live with Maurice Glasman, David Frost and James KanagasooriamJoin Katy Balls, Michael Gove, Lord Glasman, Lord Frost and pollster James Kanagasooriam as they unpack the highly anticipated Spring Statement and its implications for national policy and global security.
Listen for: Michael’s plan for how to deal with the Donald, and why the Treasury is not fit for purpose; Maurice on his influence in the White House, and what's wrong with the current political class; David’s reflections on why Brexit was ahead of its time; and James’s explanation for Britain’s lost sense of community.2025-03-281h 10
Curtin’s CastCurtin's Cast - Episode 3 - 12 March 2025 - Maurice GlasmanEpisode 3 of the John Curtin Research Centre's Curtin's Cast podcast has landed and it's a cracker! JCRC Executive Director Nick Dyrenfurth and RedBridge Director Kos Samaras yarn with Lord Glasman. We deep dive into Maurice's Blue Labour project, discuss the rise of Trump and his recent chat with MAGA 'Godfather' Steve Bannon, the follies of unchecked globalising capitalism and modern left-wing 'progressive' politics, the meaning of patriotism, AI and climate change, and what it will take for Labo(u)r parties to win back the affection of the working class.
Maurice Glasman is an English political theorist...2025-03-1153 min
UnHerd with Freddie SayersMaurice Glasman: Labour’s MAGA LordLord Maurice Glasman sits down with UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to share insider insights on the Trump administration, the debate between isolationism and intervention in Ukraine, and the shifting dynamics of the Right and Left within ‘MAGA square.‘ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-03-0651 min
How To Win An ElectionThe Labour Peer Who Inspired JD VanceHow To Win An Election is moving to every Thursday, starting this Thursday, February 27th - when we'll be announcing a new political mastermind.In the meantime, here's an episode from our colleagues at The Story.Lord Maurice Glasman was the only Labour politician to be invited to Trump’s inauguration after striking up a friendship with JD Vance. So who is he and why is his 'Blue Labour' movement seen by Starmer's inner circle as the medicine to tackle the rise of Reform?This podcast was brought to you th...2025-02-2528 min
The StoryThe Labour politician who inspired JD VanceLord Maurice Glasman was the only Labour politician to be invited to Trump’s inauguration after striking up a friendship with JD Vance. So who is he and why is his 'Blue Labour' movement seen by Starmer's inner circle as the medicine to tackle the rise of Reform?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestoryGuest: Patrick Maguire, Political Columnist, The Times and author of Get In:The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer.Ho...2025-02-2127 min
The Telos Press PodcastThe 2024 Postliberalism Conference: The Crisis of Contemporary Capitalism and Civil SocietyIn this episode of the TPPI Podcast, we present plenary session 1, entitled “The Crisis of Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society,” from day 1 of Political Economy and the Good Life: The 2024 Postliberalism Conference. This session was moderated by Alison Milbank, Emeritus Professor of Theology and Literature, University of Nottingham, and author of God and the Gothic (2018) and For the Parish (2010, with Andrew Davison). The panel featured presentations from the following three speakers: Maurice (Lord) Glasman, Labour Life Peer, founder of Blue Labour and of the Common Good Foundation, and author of Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good...2025-02-071h 16
De Nieuwe WereldOrban, Meloni, Draghi en de toekomst van Europa | #1742 met Harald BeninkAd Verbrugge in gesprek met Harald Benink, hoogleraar Banking & Finance, over de kwetsbaarheden van Europa en het rapport van Mario Draghi.
Bronnen en links bij deze uitzending:
- Nieuws van de Week met Lex Hoogduin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3qu3-FNdAU
- Staatscommissie Demografische ontwikkelingen 2050: https://www.staatscommissie2050.nl/ (3:30)
- Ad Verbrugge in gesprek met Maurice Glasman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo_hVr8pdRI (6:56)
- Rapport van Mario Draghi: https://commission.europa.eu/topics/strengthening-european-competitiveness/eu-competitiveness-looking-ahead_en
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Radio Maria EnglandMORNINGS WITH RADIO MARIA - On the General Election with the Catholic UnionJames Somerville-Meikle shares an update on everything happening with the General Election and the Catholic Union. The Catholic Union continues to prepare the consultations to the Department of Education regarding time limits for RSHE, lifting the caps on free schools and gender identity. The next scheduled Pub Talk will be taking place on Monday, 10th June with Lord (Maurice) Glasman at The Windsor Castle pub. For all the up to date news and events from the Catholic Union, please visit https://catholicunion.org.uk/.
2024-06-0516 min
Together for the Common Good PodcastLINCOLN LECTURE SERIES EP#06: JUST WORKING? Catholic Social Thought and the Dignity of Work. With Maurice GlasmanMaurice Glasman addresses the nature of work and how it has changed, how corporations have gained power while workers have lost out. He explores how the framework of Catholic social thought can guide us towards a more just and stable settlement.Lord Glasman is an English political theorist, Labour life peer and Professor of Politics at St Mary’s University. He is author of Blue Labour: the Politics of the Common Good. He is also director of The Common Good Foundation.This lecture was given on 11 July 2023 as part a series of nine lectures featuring spe...2024-03-041h 01
Together for the Common Good PodcastLINCOLN LECTURE SERIES EP#02: JUST VOTING? On political participation and civic life. With Maurice GlasmanMaurice Glasman explores the forces undermining democracy and the importance of voluntary human association in defence of the sacred. Addressing reform of the polity through the lens of Catholic Social Thought's conception of political economy, he emphasises the civic inheritance of the vote, and its renewed significance in the abandoned places.Lord Glasman is an Englsh political theorist, Labour life peer and Professor of Politics at St Mary’s University. He is author of Blue Labour: the Politics of the Common Good (Polity, 2022). He is also director of The Common Good Foundation which is involved in local comm...2024-02-291h 01
THE MANIFESTO PODCASTEp 47: Covenantal Politics and Blue Labour (Guest: Lord Maurice Glasman)The notion of Conservative Socialism or Blue Labour would to many people seem bizarrely paradoxical. It ought to. The British Labour party has in the 83 years since George Orwell made his case for a distinctly patriotic and English version of socialism and socialist in The Lion and the Unicorn has been the party of large scale nationalization and militant leftism. Until it capitulated to the Thatcherite view of the world during the End of History and has since oscillated between its old tendencies and a sort of liberal centrism well in tune with the times and of course, the...2023-12-091h 07
Leaving Egypt PodcastEP#01 Our Own Egypt - Where Are We? - With Maurice GlasmanAl Roxburgh and Jenny Sinclair meet with Maurice Glasman, a life peer in the House of Lords in the UK. Lord Glasman talks about how he came to understand the unraveling that lies before us and the disintegration of our social life. He lays out a compelling description of the challenges this presents to the church. Founder of Blue Labour, Maurice is Director of the Common Good Foundation and Professor of Politics at St Mary's University in London. - Links -For Alan J Roxburgh:http://alanroxburgh.com/abouthttps://www.t...2023-08-171h 09
De Nieuwe WereldA new path for the left? | A conversation with Lord Maurice GlasmanAd Verbrugge speaks to Lord Maurice Glasman, professor at St. Mary's College in London about his book 'Blue Labour.'2023-02-021h 09
Listen, Organize, Act! Organizing & Democratic PoliticsS2.E7: Bernard Crick on Politics & its EnemiesThis episode discusses the work of British philosopher Bernard Crick, with a particular focus on is his seminal essay “In Defence of Politics.” In clear prose and with sharp insight, Crick sets out a definition of politics and an account of why and how politics is essential not simply to survive but to thrive. Community organizers, alongside many others, have turned to Crick's essay again and again to explain the meaning, purpose, and character of democratic politics.I discuss Crick's political philosophy and the essay with Maurice Glasman, a political theorist, Labor peer, and a founding figure of t...2022-11-291h 15
RSA EventsBuilding a politics of the common goodRejecting both New Labour’s embrace of free markets and the statism of Corbynism, Blue Labour thinking sought to reconnect Labour with its working-class base, and to bring assets, power and dignity back to local communities. As workers' rights and futures - and the future of the places they live - take centre-stage in politics once more, Blue Labour’s founder, political scientist Maurice Glasman, is joined by Shadow Levelling-Up Secretary Lisa Nandy MP to explore what left-conservatism has to offer the Labour Party, and the country, in the post-Brexit, post-Covid era.#RSAcommongoodBec...2022-10-211h 02
Iain Dale - The Whole ShowShock poll gives Labour 33-point lead over Tories, phone-in with Labour peer Maurice Glasman, plus no-fault divorcesShock poll gives Labour 33-point lead over Tories, phone-in with Labour peer Maurice Glasman, plus no-fault divorces.2022-09-292h 19
FarageIs mass open door immigration really benefitting Britain?On tonight's episode of Farage:With Normal service resumed, why is no one talking about what's happening in the English Channel?Nigel and Dr Rakib Ehsan discuss a cricket match which sparked clashes between the Hindu and Muslim community in Leicester.And Talking Pints with Lord Maurice Glasman, who discusses the importance of King Charles III's relationship with UK Parliament. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-09-2146 min
East Marshian ChroniclesWhat's Next? Lord Maurice Glasman and the Genius of GrimsbyToday's podcast from the edge of things is a fascinating chat with Lord Maurice Glasman. Maurice talks about his strong family background, finding himself in an unchallenging role as an academic and about breaking free of all that and discovering a joyous new skill-set as a Community Organiser allied with the Industrial Areas Foundation - and unexpectedly finding himself in the house of lords (as you do). It's quite the story. Maurice then set up the Common Good Foundation - which ultimately led him to reach out to and stand with the people of Grimsby...2021-10-0542 min
GodPodGodPod: 155GodPod team invite Maurice Glasman back for part 2 of a fascinating discussion on the importance of the local church and how it can be seen as the embodiment of love is a desecrated world.2021-01-0800 min
GodPodGodPod: 155GodPod team invite Maurice Glasman back for part 2 of a fascinating discussion on the importance of the local church and how it can be seen as the embodiment of love is a desecrated world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-01-0844 min
Conscious Leadership NowConscious Leadership Now with Loughlin HickeyHi, my name is David Wetton and welcome to the Conscious Leadership Now Video Podcast
The intent of this Podcast is to encourage you as a leader to embrace Conscious Leadership, by giving you access to some of the world’s leaders in the field of Conscious Leadership, both in practice and in thought.
Today my guest is Loughlin Hickey, ex Global Head of Tax for KPMG and a member of their Global Executive Team.
Loughlin trained as a chartered accountant and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England an...2020-09-1400 min
Bungacast/128/ BACKLASCH! ft. Anna KhachiyanOn culturally conservative critics of capitalism.
Neoliberalism’s fragmentary and atomising tendencies have gone too far. In response, some right-wingers have turned against the market. At the same time, there’s a (marginal) tendency on the left turning against cultural liberalism. Are we witnessing a major political realignment underway? What is the substance of these "culturally conservative" critiques, and do they offer anything new, beyond what people like Christopher Lasch advanced decades ago?
Readings:
The new intellectuals of the American right, Nick Burns, New Statesman
The Problem of Hyper Liberalism, John Gray, The TLS
The Rea...2020-06-161h 08
Academy of Ideas#LockdownDebates: Has Covid-19 killed globalism?LOCKDOWN DEBATE: What lessons should we draw from the pandemic response? Is China turning from a ‘status quo’ power to one that will become more disruptive and active in pursuit of global influence? To what extent will the international order and its institutions continue to fray? Are we seeing the return of the nation state, or will realpolitik in the face of the pandemic likely encourage renewal of cooperation and new institutions? What is the likely impact of the inevitable economic restructuring? In short, where next for geopolitics - and is the future one of international disorder? Dr Philip Cunl...2020-06-042h 03
Academy of IdeasHas Covid-19 killed globalism?What lessons should we draw from the pandemic response? Is China turning from a ‘status quo’ power to one that will become more disruptive and active in pursuit of global influence? To what extent will the international order and its institutions continue to fray? Are we seeing the return of the nation state, or will realpolitik in the face of the pandemic likely encourage renewal of cooperation and new institutions? What is the likely impact of the inevitable economic restructuring? In short, where next for geopolitics - and is the future one of international disorder?
Dr Philip Cunliffe, Mary Dejevsky, Lord...2020-06-042h 03
Last WordSir Roger Scruton FBA, FRSL, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, Bobby Neame CBE, Elizabeth SellarsPictured: Sir Roger ScrutonMatthew Bannister on Sir Roger Scruton, the leading conservative philosopher of his generation, known for his work on aesthetics. His outspoken views made him a controversial figure for some on the left. Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman who overthrew his father in a coup and transformed his country.Bobby Neame, the Chairman of Shepherd Neame - the country's oldest brewing company based in Kent. Elizabeth Sellars, the British actress who appeared alongside Humphrey Bogart in "The Barefoot Contessa" and Marlon Brando in "Desiree".Interviewed...2020-01-1728 min
Cross Question with Iain DaleAndrew Mitchell, Lord Maurice Glasman, Salma Shah and Harry Lambert.Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Andrew Mitchell, Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield & Former Secretary of State for International Development, Lord Maurice Glasman, Labour peer and Founder of Blue Labour, Salma Shah, Former Special Adviser to Sajid Javid and Harry Lambert, Special Correspondent of the New Statesman.2020-01-0849 min
Order! Order! with Simon Walters and Amanda PlatellLabour peer Maurice Glasman on why it might take 25 years for his party to get back into powerWith Simon Walters and Amanda Platell and guests Maurice Glasman on how it might take a generation for Labour to come back to power, former Thatcherite minister Connor Burns on whether Boris really is the new Thatcher, and Andrew Bridgen on why Boris's battle in the north has only just begunSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2019-12-1836 min
The Brendan O'Neill ShowMaurice Glasman: Blue Labour and BrexitMaurice Glasman, founder of Blue Labour, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Brexit, Blue Labour and the demonisation of the working class.2019-11-2452 min
Iain Dale's Book ClubBONUS : Lord Maurice GlasmanWelcome to this special bonus edition of the Book Club, Iain sits down with Lord Maurice Glasman who is an English political theorist, academic, social commentator, and Labour life peer in the House of Lords.
If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure you check through the archive for one you may have missed or why not listen to For The Many, Iain's podcast with Jacqui Smith or Cross Question!
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Monday - Thursday, 7-10pm on LBC.
https://www.iaindale.com/2019-07-0846 min
Podcast – Briefings For BritainThe Labour Party is going to take the UK out of the European Union: Maurice Glasmanhttp://www.briefingsforbritain.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Lord-Glasman-Labours-Brexit-position-Final.mp3
As the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and his Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell finally reveal their pro-Brexit hand, Lord Maurice Glasman tells BfB why he believes the Labour party has the right leaders at the right time and how history will judge them well.
Glasman says Corbyn is a Bennite, a left-wing leader in a pro-EU party, and that he and McDonnell have had “a very, very, difficult balancing act to pull off”.
He welcomed the Labour leader’s publication of his five tests, which now cover a cust...2019-02-0800 minPodcast – Briefings For BritainThe Labour Party is going to take the UK out of the European Union: Maurice GlasmanThe Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman tells B4B how Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party is going to take the UK out of the European Union2019-02-0800 min
New Economics PodcastBrexit and the PeopleBrexit dominates the news agenda. But with all the talk of the single market, impact assessments and trade deals, it sometimes feels as if this debate is only happening in the comment pages of newspapers, or the corridors of Westminster. What happened to the people?
The Weekly Economics Podcast is back with a special episode: a discussion we recorded live in London at the end of 2017, between political theorist Maurice Glasman, activist Ruth Ibegbuna, and the academic Rob Ford. The question journalist Mary Riddell put to them was: where are the people in the Brexit debate?
Plus: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith gives...2018-02-1245 min
Political Thinking with Nick RobinsonPolitical Thinking with Nick Robinson 20 May 2017Class politics or Blue Labour? Nick talks to Owen Jones and Maurice Glasman.2017-05-2028 min
Moral MazeThe Work EthicThe Moral Maze returns this week to apply its nose to the grindstone and naturally the prospect of work is exercising our collective mind. Ringing, perhaps guiltily in our ears, are the words last week of the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Defending the changes to tax credits he said "We want this to be one of the most successful countries in the world in 20, 30, 40 years' time. There's a pretty difficult question that we have to answer, which is essentially: are we going to be a country which is prepared to work hard in the way that Asian economies are...2015-10-1541 min
AnalysisIs the Pope a Communist?Pope Francis' critique of modern economics has made him an icon for the Left and prompted claims that he is a Communist. The leader of 1.2 billion Catholics has called capitalism, at best, a source of inequality and, at worst, a killer.Edward Stourton examines the Pope's critique of the free market system and explores the origins of his thinking in Latin America and in Catholic Social Teaching. Is Pope Francis, as his critics claim, dragging his church to the Left and promoting a Marxist branch of liberation theology? And what does his insistence on seeing the world...2015-06-0828 min
TALKING POLITICSS01-EP01 - Maurice Glasman on democracy, creative destruction and Wolf HallDavid interviews Lord (Maurice) Glasman - Labour peer, academic, and architect of ‘Blue Labour’ – for his predictions on the outcome of 2015, the future of the Labour Party, and what modern politicians can learn from Wolf Hall. The team then give their forecasts for the Election and scrutinise this week’s political events. For more information about this episode and others go to http://www.cam.ac.uk/podcasts/election See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/talkingpolitics.2015-02-1345 min
Autumn 2013 | Public lectures and events | VideoWork as a ValueContributor(s): Professor Lord Skidelsky, Lord Glasman | Why do we work almost as hard as we did 40 years ago, despite being on average twice as rich? Robert Skidelsky suggests an escape from the work and consumption treadmill. This event marks the paperback publication of Robert and Edward Skidelsky's book How Much Is Enough? Robert Skidelsky is emeritus professor of political economy at the University of Warwick. His three-volume biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes (1983, 1992, 2000) received numerous prizes; he also penned the critically acclaimed Keynes: The Return of the Master. Dr Maurice Glasman is a reader in political theory at...2013-10-291h 33Autumn 2013 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfWork as a ValueContributor(s): Professor Lord Skidelsky, Lord Glasman | Why do we work almost as hard as we did 40 years ago, despite being on average twice as rich? Robert Skidelsky suggests an escape from the work and consumption treadmill. This event marks the paperback publication of Robert and Edward Skidelsky's book How Much Is Enough? Robert Skidelsky is emeritus professor of political economy at the University of Warwick. His three-volume biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes (1983, 1992, 2000) received numerous prizes; he also penned the critically acclaimed Keynes: The Return of the Master. Dr Maurice Glasman is a reader in political theory at...2013-10-291h 33AnalysisLabour's New New JerusalemThe words of William Blake's Jerusalem were invoked by Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee when he launched his party's proudest achievement: the creation of a welfare state."I will not cease from mental fight, Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem, In England's green and pleasant land."But some leading Labour Party figures no longer believe in the top down model that was meant to make real that vision of a "new Jerusalem". Mukul Devichand hears from leading Labour Party figures who want a radical new welfare settlement, saying...2013-05-2727 minSummer 2013 | Public lectures and events | VideoWho Owns the "One Nation" and what does it stand for?Contributor(s): Lord Glasman, Michael Gove | Britain as "One Nation" is an idea of government that belonged to the Conservative Party, originating with Benjamin Disraeli who saw Britain divided into two nations, the rich and the poor. Disraeli defined One Nation politics as the practices necessary to, ‘maintain the institutions of the realm and elevate the condition of the people’. In his 2012 conference speech Ed Miliband defined his party as "One Nation" Labour. In a period of economic crisis and with the loss of public trust in the ability of politicians to renew our institutions and elevate the condition of the...2013-05-151h 04Summer 2013 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfWho Owns the "One Nation" and what does it stand for?Contributor(s): Lord Glasman, Michael Gove | Britain as "One Nation" is an idea of government that belonged to the Conservative Party, originating with Benjamin Disraeli who saw Britain divided into two nations, the rich and the poor. Disraeli defined One Nation politics as the practices necessary to, ‘maintain the institutions of the realm and elevate the condition of the people’. In his 2012 conference speech Ed Miliband defined his party as "One Nation" Labour. In a period of economic crisis and with the loss of public trust in the ability of politicians to renew our institutions and elevate the condition of the...2013-05-151h 04AnalysisLeft Turn to Catholic Social Teaching?Catholic Social Teaching embodies a tradition of thought which goes back to Aristotle; yet its proponents say that it offers the sharpest critique of rampant capitalism in our present time. Charting a course through the dichotomies of capital versus labour, the free market versus welfare state, public versus private, its aim is to redraw the social and political landscape and put human dignity and virtue back at the centre. Matthew Taylor, former policy advisor to New Labour, ponders the tradition and asks what it might offer to post credit crunch polities which are looking for ways to regenerate. 2012-11-0528 minSummer 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfHow Much is Enough? Work, Money and the Good LifeContributor(s): Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky, Dr Maurice Glasman | Why do we work almost as hard as we did 40 years ago, despite being on average twice as rich? Robert Skidelsky suggests an escape from the work and consumption treadmill. This event marks the publication of Robert and Edward Skidelsky's new book How Much is Enough? The Economics of the Good Life. Dr Maurice Glasman is a reader in political theory at London Metropolitan University, author of Unnecessary Suffering and a Labour Peer. Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three-volume biography of the...2012-07-041h 30Summer 2012 | Public lectures and events | VideoHow Much is Enough? Work, Money and the Good LifeContributor(s): Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky, Dr Maurice Glasman | Why do we work almost as hard as we did 40 years ago, despite being on average twice as rich? Robert Skidelsky suggests an escape from the work and consumption treadmill. This event marks the publication of Robert and Edward Skidelsky's new book How Much is Enough? The Economics of the Good Life. Dr Maurice Glasman is a reader in political theory at London Metropolitan University, author of Unnecessary Suffering and a Labour Peer. Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three-volume biography of the...2012-07-041h 30
Start the WeekFinancial Crisis: Philip Coggan, Angela Knight, Maurice Glasman and Detlev SchlichterAndrew Marr looks for solutions to the current global crisis. Detlev Schlichter dismisses the practice of printing more money in times of recession, arguing that in the next decade our reliance on paper money will collapse, and he proposes a return to hard commodities, like gold. The historian Philip Coggan pits creditors against debtors, tax payers against public sector workers, and believes it's time for a new monetary system to emerge. The Labour peer, Lord Glasman thinks we need to change the relationship between parliament and the market. And Angela Knight sticks up for the bankers, insisting they hold...2012-01-1641 minSummer 2011 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe Big Society and the Good Society: rethinking the place of the state in British societyContributor(s): Lord Glasman, Jesse Norman MP | David Cameron has championed the 'big society' as his big idea for government; Ed Miliband has countered with the 'good society'. Two of the thinkers behind these concepts debate what is at stake in rethinking the role of the state in contemporary Britain. Maurice Glasman was raised to Baron Glasman of Stoke Newington and of Stamford Hill in 2011. Jesse Norman is the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire and author of The Big Society.2011-06-141h 33Summer 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Big Society and the Good Society: rethinking the place of the state in British societyContributor(s): Lord Glasman, Jesse Norman MP | David Cameron has championed the 'big society' as his big idea for government; Ed Miliband has countered with the 'good society'. Two of the thinkers behind these concepts debate what is at stake in rethinking the role of the state in contemporary Britain. Maurice Glasman was raised to Baron Glasman of Stoke Newington and of Stamford Hill in 2011. Jesse Norman is the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire and author of The Big Society.2011-06-141h 33Summer 2011 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe Big Society and the Good Society: rethinking the place of the state in British societyContributor(s): Lord Glasman, Jesse Norman MP | David Cameron has championed the 'big society' as his big idea for government; Ed Miliband has countered with the 'good society'. Two of the thinkers behind these concepts debate what is at stake in rethinking the role of the state in contemporary Britain. Maurice Glasman was raised to Baron Glasman of Stoke Newington and of Stamford Hill in 2011. Jesse Norman is the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire and author of The Big Society.2011-06-141h 33Summer 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Big Society and the Good Society: rethinking the place of the state in British societyContributor(s): Lord Glasman, Jesse Norman MP | David Cameron has championed the 'big society' as his big idea for government; Ed Miliband has countered with the 'good society'. Two of the thinkers behind these concepts debate what is at stake in rethinking the role of the state in contemporary Britain. Maurice Glasman was raised to Baron Glasman of Stoke Newington and of Stamford Hill in 2011. Jesse Norman is the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire and author of The Big Society.2011-06-141h 33Spring 2011 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe City of London and its Tax Haven EmpireContributor(s): Dr Maurice Glasman, Nicholas Shaxson | The City of London is an offshore island inside the British nation state, floating partly free from the democratic rules and restraints that bind the rest of us and fed by a network of tax havens around the world. Nicholas Shaxson and Maurice Glasman look at how this secretive network emerged and came to underpin the City's fearsome political and economic powers today. Maurice Glasman, recently appointed Labour Peer and Reader in Political Theory at London Metropolitan University. He is the author of Unnecessary Suffering. Nicholas Shaxson is the author of Treasure Islands...2011-02-011h 19Spring 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe City of London and its Tax Haven EmpireContributor(s): Dr Maurice Glasman, Nicholas Shaxson | The City of London is an offshore island inside the British nation state, floating partly free from the democratic rules and restraints that bind the rest of us and fed by a network of tax havens around the world. Nicholas Shaxson and Maurice Glasman look at how this secretive network emerged and came to underpin the City's fearsome political and economic powers today. Maurice Glasman, recently appointed Labour Peer and Reader in Political Theory at London Metropolitan University. He is the author of Unnecessary Suffering. Nicholas Shaxson is the author of Treasure Islands...2011-02-011h 19Spring 2011 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe City of London and its Tax Haven EmpireContributor(s): Dr Maurice Glasman, Nicholas Shaxson | The City of London is an offshore island inside the British nation state, floating partly free from the democratic rules and restraints that bind the rest of us and fed by a network of tax havens around the world. Nicholas Shaxson and Maurice Glasman look at how this secretive network emerged and came to underpin the City's fearsome political and economic powers today. Maurice Glasman, recently appointed Labour Peer and Reader in Political Theory at London Metropolitan University. He is the author of Unnecessary Suffering. Nicholas Shaxson is the author of Treasure Islands...2011-02-011h 19Spring 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe City of London and its Tax Haven EmpireContributor(s): Dr Maurice Glasman, Nicholas Shaxson | The City of London is an offshore island inside the British nation state, floating partly free from the democratic rules and restraints that bind the rest of us and fed by a network of tax havens around the world. Nicholas Shaxson and Maurice Glasman look at how this secretive network emerged and came to underpin the City's fearsome political and economic powers today. Maurice Glasman, recently appointed Labour Peer and Reader in Political Theory at London Metropolitan University. He is the author of Unnecessary Suffering. Nicholas Shaxson is the author of Treasure Islands...2011-02-011h 19
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