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Despatch 🔊: Politics needs more outsiders
…the UK also has its own – somewhat quieter – examples of success. High agency individuals who have done a ‘tour of duty’ and changed the wiring of government to respond to major challenges. Neuroscientist and former No 10 adviser James Phillips helped to set up the Advanced Research and Invention Agency; AI engineer and […]
The Capitalist 🔊: The Decline of Debate
In the latest episode of our weekly podcast, The Capitalist: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says it’s time to separate AI’s real impact from the noise: true success isn’t measured in viral demos but in global GDP growth. So, is AI delivering – or are we buying into a bubble? Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s approval ratings are slipping as […]
The Capitalist 🔊: Reform on the ropes?
In the latest episode of our weekly podcast, The Capitalist: Has Reform UK’s energy plan exposed the party’s economic failings? And will Kemi Badenoch capitalise on this misstep? Marc Sidwell is joined by Dr Lawrence Newport and Albie Amankona to break down a week of political turbulence. Plus: Emmanuel Macron warns of the ‘electroshock’ of a […]
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The Capitalist 🔊: Political meltdown
In the latest episode of our weekly podcast, The Capitalist: Keir Starmer just hit the reset button on his struggling Government, but will voters buy it? We break down his six-hour crisis meeting, the economic warning signs, and whether Labour can regain control of the narrative. Plus: The Conservatives are staring into the political abyss […]
The Capitalist 🔊: Britain’s bottleneck
With a healthy majority in Parliament, what’s stopping Britain’s Government from enacting the kind of sweeping policy changes we’re seeing in the United States? Michael Binyon from The Times and the National Review Institute’s Dominic Pino share their insights, plus: will tariffs force Putin’s hand in Ukraine? And how can we restore consumer optimism in […]
The Capitalist: Trump, tariffs and tech titans
Can Britain strike a deal with President Trump and avoid the looming tariff trap? Why are leaders in the UK and the US falling short of the so-called “Reagan test”? And, could the UK be on the cusp of creating its own billion-pound tech titan? Join Douglas Carswell from the Mississippi Centre for Public Policy, […]
Despatch: Think renting is bad now? Just wait
Alongside CapX’s new weekly podcast The Capitalist, we’ll also be publishing a series of episodes, titled Despatch, which offer an audio version of some of our favourite pieces from the site. This week, it’s Reem Ibrahim’s analysis of the well-meaning but ‘pernicious’ Renters’ Rights Bill, which, she argues, is likely to make things worse for […]
The Capitalist: How to Get Britain Building
In this debut edition of The Capitalist: a bold new political movement takes aim at red tape to get Britain building, the Chancellor faces criticism over an economy teetering on the edge and the Conservatives grapple with the path to reinvention. With Dr Lawrence Newport and Joseph Dinnage. Find out more about Looking for Growth by visiting […]
Despatch: It’s time to remake the case for conservatism
Alongside CapX’s new weekly podcast The Capitalist, we’ll also be publishing a series of episodes, titled Despatch, which offer an audio version of some of our favourite pieces from the site. To kick things off, you can listen to Emma Revell’s recent piece for CapX on the need to remake the case for conservative ideas: […]
The CapX Podcast: Boats and votes
Parliament is back and so are the Tory factions fighting over the Rwanda scheme. In the first CapX Podcast of 2024, Alys Denby is joined by Research Director at the Centre for Policy Studies Karl Williams to discuss how debates over immigration policy will play out over the next year, and what impact they will […]
The CapX Christmas Podcast: Heroes and villains of 2023
CapX Editor Alys Denby runs through the people and policies that made 2023 another peculiar year in politics, with Poppy Coburn, Assistant US Opinion Editor at the Telegraph, William Atkinson, Assistant Editor at Conservative Home and Joseph Dinnage, Deputy Editor of CapX.
The CapX Podcast: Analysing the Autumn Statement
Aside from a windfall from higher inflation which the Chancellor used to make tax cuts, the underlying picture for the economy is essentially flat. That being said, some welcome pro-growth measures were announced at the Autumn Statement, most notably the decision to make full expensing permanent. But is it too little too late? To analyse […]
The CapX Podcast – The war on your mind
In a world saturated with information, we have more choices than ever – but how freely do we make them? In their new book Free Your Mind – Tthe new World of manipulation and how to avoid it, journalist Laura Dodsworth and behavioural scientist Patrick Fagan argue that there is a war on our minds […]
The CapX Podcast: Where does all your rubbish go?
. Trash, garbage, litter or rubbish – whatever you call it the world is producing ever more of the stuff. But where does it all go once it’s left our colour-coded bins? And what about all those clothes you leave at the charity shop thining you’ve done a good turn? The fascinating tapestry of grime […]
The CapX Podcast: Frank Luntz on the language of freedom
He’s best known for popularising the terms ‘death tax’ and ‘climate change’, so it’s fair to say Frank Luntz knows a thing or two about political communication – making him an ideal guest for the CapX Podcast. We sat down to discuss his latest project for the Centre for Policy Studies delving into how the […]
The CapX Podcast: This is Europe with Ben Judah
How do we really live now? For his latest book This Is Europe, Ben Judah tried to answer that question by speaking to the people whose labour makes the freedom and prosperity the rest of us enjoy possible, interviewing everyone from a Romanian truck driver to an Amazon deliveryman and a factory production line worker. […]
The CapX Podcast: The big AI debate
As with so much modern political theatre, the debate on artificial intelligence has become polarised to a point that is often profoundly unhelpful, with a false dichotomy between ‘doomers’ and utopians who see AI as a solution to the world’s many problems, both technical and social. Between those positions is a world of nuance and wildly […]
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