Blyth and Azmanova discuss her book \u2018Capitalism on Edge, How Fighting Precarity Can Achieve Radical Change Without Crisis or Utopia\u2019 where she posits that precarity not inequality is the real malaise of our time.<\/p>\n
This Rhodes Centre podcast<\/a> features Mark Blyth in discussion with Dr\u00a0Albena Azmanova.<\/a><\/p>\n Azmanova explains how precarity (not inequality) is the central driver of our current political, economic, and social woes. Blyth and Azmanova explore the roots of economic precarity, the reasons it\u2019s more dangerous and destabilising than inequality alone, and why addressing it will require mixing tried-and-true economic policies with a radical rethinking of how our economy is structured.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we\u2019re precarious, when we\u2019re insecure, we long for security. Therefore all these radicalisations to the right are very logical, against expectations of the left that the so-called\u00a0crisis of capitalism<\/em>\u00a0will bring a leftward shift.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Listen to the podcast\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can also watch and listen to a video interview<\/a> on the subject\u00a0at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs<\/a> (Brown University):<\/p>\n