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'SPERI Presents…' is a podcast taking on the big questions in political economy for scholars, students and publics within and beyond the discipline.

We also host 'New Thinking in Political Economy', an ongoing series with monthly episodes. Dr Remi Edwards is joined by authors of new research to explore the motivations behind, contributions and implications of their work for understanding power and... more

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Latest Episodes

How important is exploitation in the organisation of global supply chains? How do they drive geopolitical conflict and ecological destruction while depressing wages? How does the capitalist state drive and uphold capitalist accumulation? What does US... more

Does China’s unique party-state capitalist political economy model hold the key for global climate transition? Can the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) translate its success in expanding green energy technology to the destruction of the fossil fuel indu... more

What is labour governance and why is it failing? How effective is civil society activism at improving labour conditions in global value chains? What does the Indian tea industry tell us about the consequences of colonialism and globalisation for raci... more

How are technologies used by militaries to enact organised violence produced? How are post-industrial regions of the UK becoming dependent on the supply chains of the global war industry? What narratives enable organised violence perpetrated by elite... more

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Recent Guests

Professor Ben Selwyn
Professor of International Relations and International Development
University of Sussex
Episode: New Thinking: Capitalist Value Chains w/ Benjamin Selwyn
Dr. Shreya Sinha
Senior Lecturer at Business and Society in the School of Business and Management and Co-Director of the Centre on Labour, Sustainability and Global Production.
Queen Mary, University of London
Episode: New Thinking: How does India's agrarian crisis harm women workers? w/ Shreya Sinha
Sami Moisio
Professor from the University of Helsinki specializing in political economy and urban studies.
University of Helsinki
Episode: New Thinking: Technocapitalism w/ Sami Moisio and Ugo Rossi
Ugo Rossi
Professor of Economic and Political Geography at Gran Sasso Science Institute, specializing in urban politics and planning.
Gran Sasso Science Institute
Episode: New Thinking: Technocapitalism w/ Sami Moisio and Ugo Rossi
Beth Perry
Director of the University of Sheffield's Urban Institute with expertise in urban development practices.
University of Sheffield
Episode: New Thinking: Technocapitalism w/ Sami Moisio and Ugo Rossi
Owain Williams
Senior Research Fellow in the New Centre for Corporate and Economic Determinants of Health at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.
Deakin University
Episode: New Thinking: Big Pharma w/ Owain Williams
Simon Rushton
Professor of International Politics at the University of Sheffield.
University of Sheffield
Episode: New Thinking: Big Pharma w/ Owain Williams
Jeremy Green
Professor of Political Economy at University of Cambridge and expert on climate change and capitalism
University of Cambridge
Episode: Crisis Point: Climate Crisis w/ Jeremy Green
Michael Bray
Professor of Philosophy at Southwestern University, focusing on democracy and capitalism
Southwestern University
Episode: Crisis Point: Populism w/ Michael Bray

Hosts

Remi Edwards
Host focusing on new research in political economy and its implications for understanding power and politics.
Chris Saltmarsh
Co-host and postgraduate researcher, engaging with various aspects of political economy and crises.
Dillon Wamsley
Co-host and postdoctoral researcher focusing on political economy and crisis theories.

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New Thinking: Capitalist Value Chains w/ Benjamin Selwyn
Q: How should we understand the relationship between Capitalist Value Chains and the destruction of nature?
Selwyn argues that capitalist value chains contribute to environmental degradation through hyper-specialization and global market demands, leading to increased production and resource exploitation.
New Thinking: Capitalist Value Chains w/ Benjamin Selwyn
Q: What contradictions exist in the upgrading thesis?
Selwyn argues that upgrading often leads to uneven development where some firms benefit at the expense of others, contradicting notions that it universally promotes growth.
New Thinking: Capitalist Value Chains w/ Benjamin Selwyn
Q: Why did you choose to focus on these three particular themes?
Selwyn explains that these themes are interconnected and reflect current global concerns about environmental destruction, autocratic governments, and geopolitical tensions.
New Thinking: How does India's agrarian crisis harm women workers? w/ Shreya Sinha
Q: So who do you think is benefiting from this shift in agricultural production?
While migrant laborers may benefit from increased work opportunities, the situation for them is also challenging, and larger farmers gain more than smaller ones.
Crisis Point: Cost-of-Living w/ Martijn Konings
Q: So I wonder whether you could share your perspective on whether you would understand inflationary episodes as objective crises in capitalism or events that are constructed as crises?
Inflationary episodes can be seen as both objective crises and constructed events serving political ends, depending on their implications and responses.

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