14 episodes

Are we at a series of global tipping points? Radio 4 explores the paradigm shifts that are taking place across the globe, from the arrival of the post-truth society to the potential departure of globalisation, taking in shifting demographic sands, the backlash against the political elite and pivot of power to the East along the way.

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Are we at a series of global tipping points? Radio 4 explores the paradigm shifts that are taking place across the globe, from the arrival of the post-truth society to the potential departure of globalisation, taking in shifting demographic sands, the backlash against the political elite and pivot of power to the East along the way.

    Imagining the New Truth: Oksana Zabuzhko

    Imagining the New Truth: Oksana Zabuzhko

    Ukrainian author Oksana Zabuzhko on processing the turbulent world through her work

    • 14 min
    Fixing Globalisation

    Fixing Globalisation

    Jim O'Neill asks if new challenges mean an end to the era of globalisation. As chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Lord O'Neill was seen as one of the high priests of globalisation - coining the term BRICs to describe the economic rise of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Now, many see the UK's vote to leave the EU, alongside the election of Donald Trump as indications that the world is turning away from globalisation. A stalling in the increase in global trade is seen as another significant indicator. Lord O'Neill believes that globalisation can be a positive force, lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. But can this economic engine take care of those left behind by rapid, wrenching change?
    Producer: Helen Grady.

    • 42 min
    Fixing Globalisation – Jim O’Neill in conversation with Paul Mason

    Fixing Globalisation – Jim O’Neill in conversation with Paul Mason

    This is bonus material from interviews recorded for the New World Series. The economist Jim O’Neill talks to the left-wing thinker Paul Mason about globalisation, neoliberalism and how people across the political spectrum can unite to defend interconnectedness.

    • 18 min
    Fixing Globalisation – Jim O’Neill in conversation with George Osborne

    Fixing Globalisation – Jim O’Neill in conversation with George Osborne

    This is bonus material from interviews recorded for the New World Series. The economist Jim O’Neill talks with his old boss, the former Conservative Chancellor, George Osborne, about the roots and policy responses to the current backlash against globalisation.

    • 17 min
    Fixing Globalisation – Jim O’Neill in conversation with David Miliband

    Fixing Globalisation – Jim O’Neill in conversation with David Miliband

    The economist Jim O’Neill talks to the President of the International Rescue Committee and former Labour Foreign Secretary David Miliband about the roots and risks of ‘de-globalisation’. This is bonus material from interviews recorded for the New World Series.

    • 16 min
    Fixing Globalisation – Jim O’Neill in conversation with Jim Yong Kim

    Fixing Globalisation – Jim O’Neill in conversation with Jim Yong Kim

    The economist Jim O’Neill talks with the president of the World Bank, Dr Jim Yong Kim, about globalisation’s winners and losers and how world leaders can ensure its benefits are more evenly spread. This is bonus material from interviews recorded for the New World Series.

    • 13 min

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