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The Capitalist
The Capitalist: where economics meets politics. New episodes every Wednesday.
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The CapitalistPeter Riddell on good government and the uncertain life of a British Minister
Peter Riddell is one of the country’s most respected analysts of the workings of government, parliament and Whitehall. Prior to his current role as…
The CapitalistSir Malcolm Rifkind
Our guest this week is a true heavyweight of the British political scene. Sir Malcolm Rifkind spent more than a decade in Cabinet from 1986 to 1997, beginning…
The CapitalistRobert D. Kaplan on the future of a bipolar world
Robert D. Kaplan is the author of some 18 books and is widely-regarded as one of the world’s leading thinkers on foreign policy, defence and geopolitics. He’s…
The CapitalistOwen Bennett on Michael Gove
Our guest this week is the journalist and author Owen Bennett. Owen has been a member of the parliamentary lobby since 2014, writing for publications such as…
The CapitalistFree Exchange: Anne Applebaum
Our guest this week is the world-renowned historian and journalist Anne Applebaum. Anne is a regular columnist in the Washington Post, a visiting professor at…
The CapitalistNiall Ferguson on Europe, Brexit and Boris
For the latest episode of Free Exchange, CapX’s acting editor John Ashmore sat down with one of the world’s most renowned historians, Niall Ferguson. Stay…
The CapitalistSteven Pinker's inconvenient truths
In his final episode as host of free exchange and editor of CapX, Oliver Wiseman talks to Steven Pinker Stay informed with CapX's unmissable daily briefings…
The CapitalistRory Stewart wants to be Britain's next prime minister
Is Rory Stewart 2019’s answer to Nick Clegg? Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson thinks so. Like Nick Clegg, she said of the unlikely star of the early…
The CapitalistDavid Brooks climbs the second mountain
My guest for the first in a new run of Free Exchange episodes is the New York Times columnist and bestselling author David Brooks. His previous books include…
The CapitalistWill Tanner on the generation gap
We spend an awful lot of time worrying about the political weather. But behind the day-to-day drama, the political climate is changing too - and in fundamental…
The CapitalistMatt Forde on the funny side of politics
Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it does. Westminster’s Brexit crisis continues to deepen and the mood on all sides in SW1 continues to darken…
The CapitalistBrexit: Where next?
Ever since Theresa May wrote to Donald Tusk to trigger Article 50 two years ago, March 29th, 2019, has been a Brexit lodestar. The UK’s planned departure date…
The CapitalistJohn Rentoul on Tony Blair
Tony Blair was arguably the most electorally successful Prime Minister in recent British history. And yet, if you ask British voters today what they think of…
The CapitalistSam Bowman on neoliberalism
If someone utters the word ‘neoliberal’ in a political debate, chances are they’re using it as a term of abuse. However, in recent years, a small but growing…
The CapitalistGisela Stuart on Brexit and the Labour Party
My guest this week is Gisela Stuart. Gisela was elected as the Labour MP for Birmingham Edgbaston in the 1997 landside that brought New Labour to power. Her…
The CapitalistFredrik Erixon on the Innovation Illusion
We are said to be living in an age of rapid technological transformation, with another game-changing new gadget just around the corner and innovations…
The CapitalistRory Sutherland on what economists get wrong
My guest on the podcast this week is Rory Sutherland. Rory is the Vice Chairman of the advertising agency Ogilvy, a job title which the company’s website…
The CapitalistCass Sunstein on nudges and freedom
This week's guest on Free Exchange is the co-author of one of the most consequential books written in recent years. Cass Sunstein is a professor at Harvard Law…
The CapitalistPaul Collier on the future of capitalism
This week's guest on Free Exchange, the CapX podcast, is Sir Paul Collier, Professor of Economics at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of…
The CapitalistHenry Newman on where Brexit Britain goes next
CapX Editor Oliver Wiseman speaks to Henry Newman, Director of Open Europe and one of the most eagle-eyed Brexit watchers in SW1, to try and make sense of the…
The CapitalistThe CapX Awards: 2018
For the final episode of the year, Oliver Wiseman and a group of CapX contributors hand out the gongs in the CapX Awards Stay informed with CapX's unmissable…
The CapitalistJonathan Tepper on the Myth of Capitalism
You might think the United States is a dynamic, free market economy - but you'd be wrong. In their new book The Myth of Capitalism, Jonathan Tepper and Denise…
The CapitalistAdrian Wooldridge on Capitalism in America
This week's episode of Free Exchange is a recording of the most recent CapX Live event: a conversation with Adrian Wooldridge, the political editor of the…
The CapitalistEric Kaufmann on Whiteshift
Since the election of Donald Trump and, to a lesser extent, the Brexit referendum, there’s been a fierce debate about what caused these political earthquakes…
The CapitalistBrexit: What next?
This week's episode of Free Exchange is on... you guessed it: Brexit. The Prime Minister may have dodged a confidence vote for the time being, but everyone…
The CapitalistJamie Susskind on Future Politics
This week we’re bringing you a recording of a CapX Live event held at our offices last week. I sat down with Jamie Susskind to talk about his new book, Future…
The CapitalistMatthew Goodwin on National Populism
Arguably the most important political trend across the West in recent years has been the rise of national populism. It had a hand in the election of Donald…
The CapitalistBudget Special
CapX Editor Oliver Wiseman is joined by three eagle-eyed Westminster watches for a discussion of this week's budget. Is austerity over? Is that good news? Why…
The CapitalistStian Westlake on Capitalism Without Capital
When we think about the economy, we tend to think about stuff. Physical goods are manufactured and sold, factories are built and upgraded, innovation gives us…
The CapitalistJim O'Neill, Lucy Neville-Rolfe and Bob Seely on Global Britain
Free Exchange, the CapX podcast, is back with an exciting new series of interviews and conversations. In the coming months, we'll be welcoming a fascinating…
The CapitalistHenry Newman on breaking the Brexit deadlock
Brexit is at an impasse. The row between Theresa May and David Davis over the wording of a customs backstop ended with a fudge of a fudge of a fudge. This has…
The CapitalistMarx's poisonous legacy
This May marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. For many, this was an occasion for celebration, not sombre reflection on a set of ideas that…
The CapitalistRebooting Conservatism with George Freeman
Conservatives can't agree on much at the moment. But one view that the vast majority of them would struggle to disagree with is that there are fundamental…
The CapitalistIs the internet destroying democracy?
We recently welcomed Jamie Bartlett to the CapX offices to talk about what happens where politics and technology intersect. Jamie is the author of The People…
The CapitalistAre we suffering from a growth delusion?
In this week’s Spring Statement, Philip Hammond described himself as positively tiggerish about the economic news he was bringing to the House of Commons. His…
The CapitalistBritain's Brexit trade-offs
From an intricate knowledge of regulatory alignment versus regulatory equivalence to the difference between the customs union and a customs union, everyone…
The CapitalistIs education a waste of time?
Is education a waste of time? Surely no one, let alone a professor of economics, would defend such an outlandish claim. Well that is the exact argument made by…
The CapitalistIs Universal Basic Income the answer?
Universal Basic Income may just be the trendiest idea in politics. It's also one of the most radical. Its advocates include Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson…
The CapitalistOn the front line of the Cold War
This week’s guest on Free Exchange is Sir Christopher Mallaby, a retired British diplomat whose career was defined by the Cold War. Sir Christopher recently…
The Capitalist2017 in Review
This year may not have been a year of political earthquakes on the scale of 2016, but the last 12 months have contained more than their fair share of tumult…
The CapitalistOliver Letwin
Oliver Letwin has been at the heart of Conservative politics for most of his adult life. From working in Margaret Thatcher’s downing street policy unit to…
The CapitalistBudget preview special
This government has two big interconnected challenges. The first is, to quote the Prime Minister, to make a success of Brexit. The second is to see off the…
The CapitalistJohn Kay
John Kay was born a year before Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. In the latest episode of Free Exchange, the CapX podcast, he tells Robert Colvile that "sometimes…
The CapitalistLord Heseltine
Michael Heseltine finds himself in an unusual position. He is one of the most distinguished Conservatives in the country, but is completely at odds with the…
The CapitalistDaniel Hannan
Daniel Hannan MEP is known to most people as a leading Eurosceptic, or, in the Guardian's words, "the man who brought you Brexit". With Britain on its way out…
The CapitalistMatthew Elliott and James Kanagasooriam
Jeremy Corbyn has built a potent political movement on the back of his explicit anti-capitalism. But it is not just the crowds of Corbynistas who don’t think…
The CapitalistDeepak Lal
Deepak Lal is one of the world's foremost development economists, who helped billions of people to prosper by arguing that prosperity is better delivered by…
The CapitalistAnne Applebaum
At the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Security, Robert Colvile talks to the Pulitzer Prize winner about Russia, Trump and the state of the West. Stay informed…
The CapitalistCapX's Great Immigration Debate
In a special edition of the CapX podcast, recorded live in Parliament, Nicky Morgan, Sunder Katwala, Garvan Walshe and Eric Kaufmann debate whether immigration…
The CapitalistPhilippa Stroud
Robert Colvile talks to Baroness Stroud, the new head of the Legatum Institute about fighting poverty on an individual, national and international level.From…
The CapitalistLord Sacks
Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi, talks to Robert Colvile at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Security about whether the West has lost its moral…
The CapitalistDavid Willetts
Now executive chairman of the Resolution Foundation, Lord Willetts has long been one of the Tory party's intellectual heavyweights - the man so smart they…
The CapitalistElection Special
CapX's deputy editor Oliver Wiseman spent the weeks before the election criss-crossing the country. He talks to Robert Colvile about the extraordinary results…
The CapitalistJohn Curtice
Professor John Curtice, the pollster's pollster, talks to Robert Colvile about election night and taking the pulse of the nation, in a special election edition…
The CapitalistAndrew Cooper
As strategy director to David Cameron and pollster for the Remain and Better Together campaigns, Lord Cooper of Windrush has been at the heart of some of the…
The CapitalistDavid Owen
Lord Owen was Britain's youngest ever Foreign Secretary - before jumping ship to start his own party. The former leader of the SDP talks to Robert Colvile…
The CapitalistSue Cameron
Sue Cameron has made it her life's work to understand the people who run Britain - not the politicians, but the civil servants who sit behind them. She talks…
The CapitalistFrank Field MP
Robert Colvile talks to Frank Field - the Labour MP who's spent his career thinking the unthinkable, and often been punished for it by his party. Stay informed…
The CapitalistNick Cohen
Robert Colvile, Editor of CapX, talks to the Observer columnist Nick Cohen about the decline of the Left, his fears over Brexit, and why Jeremy Corbyn isn't…
The CapitalistDaniel Hannan
Robert Colvile, Editor of CapX, talks to Daniel Hannan MEP about Brexit, free trade and the most surprising and important idea in economics. Stay informed with…