50 min

Episode 14 - Origins of Austerity House of Wisdom: How Ideas Can Shape the World

    • Ciencias sociales

In this episode of the House of Wisdom podcast we are joined by Professor Clara Mattei of the New School for Social Research, to discuss the release of her book 'The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism'. We discuss the origins of austerity and the fact that it was invented to prevent the general public from demanding better social, political and economic conditions.

In this episode of the House of Wisdom podcast we are joined by Professor Clara Mattei of the New School for Social Research, to discuss the release of her book 'The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism'. We discuss the origins of austerity and the fact that it was invented to prevent the general public from demanding better social, political and economic conditions.

50 min