Audio & Video

Video recordings

• The price of London life. Worldwrite report. 6 February 2019.
• Trust: 10 years after the financial crisis. Battle of Ideas festival.  London. 14 October 2018.
• Tax wars and inequality. Battle of Ideas festival.  London. 23 October 2016.
• Are the super-rich heroes or villains? Battle of Ideas festival.  London. 22 October 2016.
• Do we need economic growth? Berlin Salon event. 7 April 2016.
• Are greens the friends or enemies of progress? Zurich Salon event. 19 January 2016.
• End of the East Asian miracle? Battle of Ideas festival.  London. 17 October 2015.
• Don’t shout at the telly: vote for growth. Worldbytes TV. Feb 2015.
• PIGS can’t fly? Surviving austerity. Battle of Ideas festival. 18 October 2014.
• Interview on anti-semitism with Worldbytes TV. 30 September 2014.
• Pathologising Israel: Battle of Ideas festival. 20 October 2013.
• Newsmax TV interview on the eurozone. 12 July 2013.
• Manchester Salon debate with Danny Dorling. 26 February 2013.
• Battle of Ideas debate on global poverty. October 2012.
• Battle of Ideas debate on austerity. October 2012.
• Worldbytes film on inequality. August 2012.
• Four Horsemen debate. Frontline Club, London. 12 May 2012. Related blog post here.
• Interview on ABC TV’s The Drum. Sydney, Australia. 14 March 2012. (the last item of the programme).
• Europe’s existential funk. Event and discussion with Oliver Marc Hartwich. Centre for Independent Studies. Sydney, Australia. 12 March 2012.
• Europe’s existential funk. Interview before event. Centre for Independent Studies. Sydney, Australia. 12 March 2012.
• Closing the poverty gap. One Just World forum. Newcastle, Australia. 9 March 2012.
• #Occupy – What do they want?. Debate at the Frontline Club in London. 2 November 2011.
• Debating happiness on Worldbytes TV. 29 September 2011.
• Debating the eurozone’s prospects on Russia Today. 7 September 2011.
• Discussing the appointment of the new IMF chief on Russia Today. 29 June 2011.
• Battle of Ideas 2010 debate on “Prosperity without growth?. Recorded 31 October 2010 but available to watch from 7 June 2011.
• Debate on the future of the IMF on Russia Today. First broadcast 30 May 2011.
• Debate with Jonathon Porritt in Newcastle. 19 October 2010.
• Interview on Reason.tv. 11 October 2010.
• Appearance on Worldbytes TV. 9 October 2010.
• London debate on bankers’ bonuses – summing up. 4 October 2010.
• Voxpop after Newcastle debate. 22 August 2010.
• Newcastle debate on growth. 22 August 2010.
• CNBC appearance. 7 July 2010.  NB – see 8 July blog post on this.
• Meet the Author. First appeared June 2010.
• BBC World television debate on The green economy.5 March 2010.
• Battle of Ideas 2008 session on The pros and cons of economic dynamism (highlights). 1 November 2008.
• Worldbytes. Ferraris For All. October 2008.
• Worldbytes. How poor is London? September 2008.
• Battle of Ideas 2006 session on The Battle for Affluence. 28 October 2006.
• Sky News: Debate on global warming. 13 October 2006.
• New York Salon event on Is there a culture of corruption? (interview). 21 June 2006.

Audio recordings

• Why the backlash against Silicon Valley? Academy of Ideas Economy Forum. London. 28 June 2018. Introduction available to listen to on the event link.
• Fox News on Friday. 30 March 2018. Item discussing the economics of Brexit (two hours in).
• Silicon Valley: from Heroes to Zeroes. 26 March 2018. Podcast based on Battle of Ideas debate on 13 October 2017.
• BBC World Service Newshour Extra. Do we need economic growth. Nov 2017.
• Spiked podcast. Discussing hatred against Israel (final part). 16 June 2017.
• Behavioural Economics (you can listen to my introduction on the link). Institute of Ideas Economy Forum. London. 19 January 2017.
• Talking Economics Podcast. 21 April 2016.
• Do we need economic growth? Berlin Salon event. 7 April 2016. The recording is available here.
• Whose social justice is it anyway?  City of London Festival. 6 July 2015.
• Institute of Ideas podcast – episode 4. Discussion on the moralism of the tax dodging debate. 6 March 2015.
• Growth is good: mission or mania. Battle of Ideas festival. 19 October 2014.
• PIGS can’t fly? Surviving austerity. Battle of Ideas festival. 18 October 2014.
• Spiked podcast. Discussing Israel and the Gaza conflict (second part). 22 August 2014.
• Does emotion or reason dictate the financial markets?  City of London Festival. 9 July 2014. An edited version appeared in the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Slot. Available here.
• Spiked Review of Books podcast. Discussing liberal elitism. 10 July 2014.
• Celebrating consumer choice. Spiked debate, Westminister Hall. London. 23 June 2014.
• Adam Smith: the Wealth of Nations. Institute of Ideas Economy Forum. London. 27 February 2014.
• Introduction to a discussion of neoliberalism. 27 June 2013. (scroll down)
• The Current. Debate on Canada’s CBC radio on the future of the IMF. 31 May 2011.
• Birmingham Salon debate. Opening speech in debate with Professor Somnath Sen. 11 January 2011.
• Global Business. BBC World Service version of programme on “growing pains”. First broadcast 30 November 2010.
• In Business. BBC Radio 4 programme on “growing pains”. First broadcast 23 November 2010.
• Prosperity without growth: a contradiction in terms?.  Battle of Ideas debate with Tim Jackson. 31 October 2010.
• Future City:  Bankers and Bonuses.  Debate in London. 4 October 2010.
• Thinking Allowed.  BBC Radio 4 programme featuring a discussion of Ferraris for All. 4 August 2010. See blog post of 5 August.
• The Ode Show. Interview with Ode magazineon healthylife.net. Broadcast 28 July 2010.
• Moncrieff. Interviewed live on this show on Ireland’s Newstalk channel. No recording available on an archive. 19 July 2010.
• Rethinking global inequality. Introduction to a talk at the University of Westminster. 15 April 2010.
• Hungarian public radio interview on Ferraris For All (in Hungarian). Broadcast 8 March 2010.
• RSA.All Consuming debate.  16 July 2009. Also available to download as a free podcast on iTunes.
• Introduction to Institute of Ideas Emerging Economies Forum. Global inequality. 30 March 2008. PDF summary of the discussion available here.