Leading economist and author Ha Joon Chang uses all his experience working with the World Bank, Oxfam, the U.N. and others to take us on a rollercoaster ride through modern economics.

Does the internet actually inhibit, rather than encourage democracy?

Does charity inherently prolong the problem it’s trying to solve?

The world economy crashed in 2007, but why?

In this explosive talk, Barbara Ehrenreich shows how optimism as a means of social control is far from a fictional dystopian vision, but is part of the reason why the markets crashed in 2007. 

Why did the Blair and Brown Governments’ financial mantra of ‘Prudence for a Purpose’ fail to redress social and economic imbalances in Britain?