In this episode we discuss: (00:00) Introduction (06:19) Definitions (10:56) Ground Rules (17:39) Terminology (20:44) Population and Demographics (30:30) MLK V Malcolm X (35:07) Anne Twomey (43:45) Inherited Grievance and Guilt (49:33) We Were Here First (51:36) Victims Are Not Necessarily Experts (53:33) Indigenous Unanimity (56:21) Deomocratic Decision Making (56:51) Class Divisions (57:45) Are Inherited Privileges fair? (58:52) Welfare Based on Need (01:01) Identity Politics is Divisive (01:05:59) Coleman Hughes on Culture (01:25:39) Conclusion

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An interview with Ciaron O’Reilly

This episode is a book review of Justice - What is the Right Thing to Do by Michael Sandel

Three Different Approaches:

1. The Greatest Happiness Principle (Utilitarianism)
2. Respecting Individual Freedom (Libertarianism and Egalitarianism)
3. What do People Morally Deserve and Why? which involves Identifying the Purpose of a practice and Promoting Good Virtues (Aristotle)

In this extract from episode 246, Dr Steven Hail from the University of Adelaide gives the best explanation of MMT that you will ever hear.

In this extract from episode 368 we talk about:

• How money was created.
• How capitalism needs unsustainable growth and how imperialism helps achieve that growth.
• The economic events that propped up capitalism in the 20th century and how the system has now run out of tricks.
• How private banks (not the government) create most of the money in today’s economy.

People on the right often accuse their political opponents of being Cultural Marxists. But what does it mean to be a “Cultural Marxist” and is it a bad thing?

Australia should apologise to East Timor. We lied and bullied so we could steal their petroleum resources and then our inept government struck a deal that allowed ConocoPhillips and Woodside to extract valuable helium without paying any royalties to anyone! This is the story of the Timor Gap.

It is impossible to understand the current existential threat the US feels from China without first understanding what happened to Japan 37 years ago.

This is the story of the Plaza Accord. But … first … listen to episode 2 “How Japan Succeeded” to understand the full background.