Aditya Chakrabortty
Economist Aditya Chakrabortty examines the impact of economic change on society, in a talk given at The Sage Gateshead as part of the 2011 Free Thinking festival.
Economist Aditya Chakrabortty examines the impact of economic change on society, in a talk recorded in front of an audience at the 大象传媒 Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival 2011. Presented by Philip Dodd.
Over the past 30 years governments of every political hue have promised that great prizes will follow economic change, whilst parts of society have been effectively written off. So argues Aditya Chakrabortty, economics leader writer at The Guardian. He believes even the newly fashionable zeal for a manufacturing revival will do little to help and calls for a radical solution.
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