A piece of shop in stone to one where weve got a small phone in pretty much every pocket and the more i look into it the more i came to realise that actually theres been incredible Human Progress but its all happened very very recently within in many continents and countries in the past generation or 2 but even within western europe only within the past 23 maximum 400 years relatively recently i want to get on to progress was in who the parasites are in the title but while you were writing it did you think and this is a kind of history of the world there was more than a little call works in the book given that it seemed to talk about the power of capitalism and it was at the core me thats where the 1st will know where i was in love with the with capital and actually i would say its a repudiation of coal marxs view of history komaki tends to look at history as a story of claw struggle i certainly agree that through. History many societies have had small parasitic elites but marx then ar
A little call works in the book given that it seemed to talk about the power of capitalism and they were at the core minutes when the 1st you will know when i was in love with the with capital is actually i would say its a repudiation of comics his view of history karl marx tends to look at history as a story of claw struggle i certainly agree that throughout history many societies have had small parasitic elites but marx then argues that actually the the answer is to try to organize society by blueprint by design you know i did mean marxist prescription but before you get to the prescriptions you talk about the power of capitalism to transform Human Society is this recent phenomena this is talk of absolutely the driving force for Human Progress i argue historically has been the free market theyve built to specialize and exchange its the opposite actually of exploitation its people freely entering into mutually advantageous through. Nation ships economic relationships from which they g
Marionettes the parasitical you know it was not a talk mantra net was representative of one crash it parses you can eat but the people who took over would just as bad when it came to telling people how to live their lives and its no coincidence that france for most of the previous 1000 years had been the economic superpower in europe since the french revolution of the previous 10200 years will say france has become an economical state run its often argued by historians that modernity and Human Progress is a consequence of what they call the enlightenment the 18th century like and so it is to some truth in that but the enlightenment a bit like an also gives rise to what you might call rationalism and you see this particularly in france and in russia the homes of the 2 most dramatic revolution are peoples far from actually delivering Human Progress the revolution in france and the revolution in russia actually arrest human. Aggress catastrophic to see sure Winston Churchill would be sayi
Times are we going underground as bricks its continues to dominate the british Political Leadership crisis just after a potential power little italian currency overshadowed a meeting of euro zone leaders in brussels coming over to show progress versus parasites from the euro zone to the i. M. F. The new book by one of the architects of bricks and douglas argues that supranational neo liberal organizations are creating the conditions for a global repeat of the fall of the roman empire and will the High Court Decision japan on sale to saudi arabia mean an end to british involvement in the worlds worst humanitarian crisis we investigate the children in britain covertly recruited as part of a tory. Join up in future conflict plus if the right honorable gentleman is referring to a current member of this house i dont know whether he has a beer. He should be extremely careful in the language he uses the speaker of the house of commons appears to issue a warning against those who might call Bo
Today. Kat calvin about her book american identity in crisis notes from an accidental activist. Kat is also im so excited to talk outoday with kat calvin about her new book, american identity and crisis, notes from an accidental activist. She is also founder and executive director of spread the vote and project id, and the cofounder and ceo of the project id action fund. In addition to being named one of the Time Magazine 16 people and groups fighting for a more equal america, kat has been featured in the new york times, l. A. Times, the Washington Post , atlanta, essence, glamour, npr, pbs, bet and marie claire. Those are just a few. Thank you for being here. Such a weird one to throw in there, glamour, npr, glamour. Cosmo girl. My favorite one. Finally i am an its girl. Forget npr, i want cosmopolitan. Just a reminder the southern festival of books remains completely free because of Strong Community support, and we want to keep it that way. Thank you firstly to our key sponsors, Metr