Praxis - A political economy podcast
Praxis is a limited-series political economy podcast from The Green Institute, hosted by Max Chandler-Mather and Bec Sparks. It explores how economic and political forces shape everyday life, from wages and unpaid domestic work to the cards in our pockets. Through conversations with experts, it challenges familiar economic stories and gives listeners tools to critique capitalism and apply an economic lens to politics.
Episodes
EPISODE 2: How workers took over the city
We’re back in the studio for our second episode and it’s all about worker power. This week, we learn about this exceptional and hopeful moment in the history of union organising in Australia known as the Green Bans, with writer, illustrator and union activist Sam Wallman (https://www.instagram.com/ourmembersbeunlimited/) and lecturer in international political economy from the Un
EPISODE 1: The shortest history of capitalism
It’s Praxis! A podcast from The Green Institute on understanding the economy, and how it dominates our lives. For this limited series, we’re speaking to leading experts in critical economics from across Australia, tackling the biggest questions and giving you the tools to critique common economic stories and apply an economic lens to politics. For our first episode, hosts Max Chandler-
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If you want to change the world, you need to understand it. And to understand it, you need the right tools. Welcome to Praxis, a podcast on understanding the economy and how it dominates our lives, hosted by Max Chandler-Mather and Bec Sparks from The Green Institute. Too often the world of economics is dictated entirely by a small elite group of economists, experts and institutions, telling the s
