EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy
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EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy
A podcast about inequality. We reimagine our economy one conversation at a time with activists, thinkers and politicians across the world. This podcast is hosted by Max Lawson, Grazielle Custódio, Annie Theriault and Nafkote Dabi and produced by Simon Maina. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
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From Haiyan to COP30: Marinel Ubaldo on Survival, Climate Justice, Accountability, and What COP30 Must Deliver
When Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines, 16-year-old Marinel Ubaldo watched her world wash away and learned a truth million on the fron...
A Hopeful Tipping Point: The Legal Win That Could Stop New Fossil Fuels
When an oil site was approved near her home, Sarah Finch didn’t just protest, she took her fight to the UK Supreme Court. And won.
In this power...
Do We Need Billionaires? Can Private Money Serve the Public Good?
Can finance be part of the solution to inequality?
Following philosopher Dr. Ingrid Robeyns’ call to ask “How much wealth is too much?”, we meet...
The War on Women: Gaza, Genocide, and the Fight for Peace
Around the world, peace talks too often exclude the very people holding communities together.
In this powerful episode, Max and Grazielle sit do...
How Much Wealth Is Too Much? Ingrid Robeyns on the Case for Limitarianism
Can a society survive when a few own everything? Philosopher Ingrid Robeyns joins EQUALS to make the case for limitarianism, the radical yet common se...
A Force for Good: Trade Unions Fighting for Dignity and Democracy.
From the trenches of war in Ukraine, to strikes against austerity in the UK, and the struggle for migrant workers’ rights in South Korea, trade unions...
Workers vs. the Billionaire Coup – Conversation with Luc Triangle
EQUALS is back with a brand-new season! We open our 8th season with Luc Triangle, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (IT...
Money, Power, and Inequality: Season 7 Wrap-Up
In this special wrap-up episode, hosts Grazielle and Max reflect on their favorite and most powerful conversations from the season. From the transform...
From Competition to Concentration: How monopoly power shapes inequality.
In this eye-opening episode, we sit down with investigative journalist and author Nick Shaxson to unpack one of the hidden forces behind rising inequa...
CENTRAL BANKS AND INEQUALITY: How inflation, interest rate and other monetary policies impact inequality
How do central bank policies like hiking interest rates affect inequality?
Annie and Grazielle sit down with Jordi, an economist at Positive Mon...
AI AND INEQUALITY: Will AI exacerbate inequality or help improve it?
Do you think Artificial Intelligence (AI) will exacerbate inequality or will it help in tackling it?
In this episode Nafkote and Grazielle hosts...
SHADOWS OF THE PAST: Germany's Wealthiest Families’ ties with the Nazi regime
Did you know that some of Germany's wealthiest families, who control major brands like BMW and Volkswagen, had deep ties to the Nazi regime?
In...
VULTURE CAPITALISM UNVEILED: Grace Blakeley on the Oligarchs' Grip on Our Economy
In this episode, Max and Nafkote interview Grace Blakeley, an economist and author, about the rise of oligarchy and the relationship between billionai...
BILLIONAIRE COLONIALISM: Jason Hickel on how colonialism never ended and drives today’s extreme inequality.
To coincide with the launch of Oxfam’s Davos 2025 report, Takers, not Makers, Naf and Max interview acclaimed author, academic and activist Jason Hick...
FLOWERS OR BARS ON THE WINDOWS?: How more Equal Societies are the key to everything that is good, with Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson
Grazielle and Max interview the epidemiologists Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, whose groundbreaking work has shown how more equal societies are m...
CAN SOUTH AFRICA TURN THE TIDE ON INEQUALITY?
As South Africa prepares to take on the G20 presidency next year, we were inspired to explore how it might seize this opportunity to tackle inequality...
CLIMATE FINANCE: Stop bombing and start saving our planet!
As we head to COP29 with climate finance taking centre stage, join Max and Nafkote for an insightful discussion. This episode features Meena Raman, a...
KENYA UPRISING: the power of the people
In the summer of 2024, Kenya ignited with protests against the controversial Finance Bill 2024. This legislation threatened to impose heavy taxes on e...
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO FIGHT INEQUALITY- with Jayati Ghosh a world leading thinker and activist economist on debt, tax, colonialism, care and so much more.
Jayati Ghosh is an incredible activist, campaigner, academic and thinker. She is leading the fight on so many issues key to the fight against inequali...
MEET OXFAM’S NEW BOSS
As we launch our new season focusing on fighting inequality, Max and Grazielle host Oxfam’s new Executive Director, Amitabh Behar.
From growing...
How are Big Pharma like hedge funds? – With Nick Dearden
As the World Health Organization (WHO) continue to negotiate the Pandemic Accord, Max and Grazielle interviews Nick Dearden on Pharma patents, monopol...
Decolonizing to decarbonize - with Fadhel Kaboub.
Imagine someone owing you money, but instead of paying you, they offer you a loan with conditions on how to use it. That is the how climate financing...
Corporate Run Cities (really) - and the fightback! - with Ana Arendar from Progressive International
Imagine a private company creating its own jurisdiction in a sovereign country. It sets up its own laws, currency, and tax, labour and environmental r...
How water is ‘flowing up’ to the rich
In this episode of EQUALS, we talk about how wealth and power defy gravity by making water flow… upwards!
Max and Nafkote interview Sushmita Man...
Is it Possible to be a Neoliberal Feminist?
On International Women’s Day, Max and Nafkote interviewed Bhumika Muchhala, a development and feminist economist, on the possibility of being a femini...
SOCIAL MOBILITY- is the capitalist dream just a myth?
Nafkote and Max interview Dr. Faiza Shaheen on how capitalism has failed on its main selling point – work hard and you will succeed. The idea that eve...
AUSTERITY: A WEAPON TO DISCIPLINE THE PUBLIC? - with Dr. Clara Mattei
Max and Nafkote interview the brilliant Dr. Clara Mattei on the history of austerity and how it was created to maintain “the capital order”.
"TO LIVE AS AFRICAN" - with Dr Ndongo Samba Sylla, on economic liberation
Nafkote and Nabil welcome the pioneering Senegalese development economist Ndongo Samba Sylla onto EQUALS.
We talk about the untold vision of for...
ECONOMICS FOR THE 99% - with Professor Ha-Joon Chang
Max and Nafkote interview the world-famous economist Professor Ha Joon Chang to ask what is causing the inequality crisis and what governments can do...
THE WALL STREET CONSENSUS - with Dr. Daniela Gabor
EQUALS is back. Max and Nabil speak to Dr. Daniela Gabor, who says we’ve entered a new era of the “Wall Street Consensus”. Her macro analysis is light...
CLIMATE INEQUALITY
Introducing a new EQUALS season and our new podcast co-host, Nafkote Dabi, Climate Policy Lead at Oxfam International.
Joining Nafkote and Max i...
Season Five Closer. Farewell Nadia!
A season five wrap-up with just the co-hosts! Nadia is sadly leaving the podcast (and Oxfam). The co-hosts get together to look back on their time tog...
JOSEPH STIGLITZ ON INEQUALITY, WAR PROFITEERS, AND A NEW COLD WAR
Nadia and Nabil interview Nobel Prize Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz to ask just how dire the state of inequality is - and what we’ve got to do ab...
A PLAN TO MAKE RICH COUNTRIES ADDRESS THEIR PAST WRONGS - PART 2 - With Professor Verene Shepherd and Dr. Grieve Chelwa
How exactly can rich countries address their past wrongs of slavery and colonialism? Well, there’s a plan. Jamaican scholar and UN leader Verene Sheph...
SHOULD RICH COUNTRIES PAY FOR THEIR PAST CRIMES? – PART 1 – With Professor Verene Shepherd
We start on the shores of the Caribbean islands of the 15th century. As white European men landed on its shores, the story of centuries of colonialism...
ON BILLIONAIRES AND FOSSIL FUELS - With Nafkote Dabi, Harjeet Singh, and Teun Ott after COP
In this episode, Nafkote Dabi, Harjeet Singh, and extinction rebellion activist Teun Ott join Max and Nadia to talk about billionaires, inequality, an...
THE “CASINO” OF GLOBAL FINANCE – with Ann Pettifor
Ann Pettifor joins Max and Nabil on EQUALS. She famously predicted the global financial crash in 2007/8 and she’s worried again. She says it’s not jus...
COST OF LIVING STORIES ACROSS THE GLOBE – from Lumbadzi, London and Cape Town
We speak to three people reckoning with today’s massive cost of living crisis – with stories from Malawi, the United Kingdom and South Africa. Max spe...
INFLATION: THE UNTOLD STORY – with Lindsay Owens and Irit Tamir
EQUALS is back! We're asking: What has *really* been happening in the board rooms of multinational companies? And what's that got to do with today's c...
“FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE, GET PREPARED!” – With Helen Clark, Former PM of New Zealand
Nadia and Nabil welcome former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on the EQUALS podcast for a special episode.
The IMF, World Bank and the G...