Ethical Economics

The Timeless Wisdom of E.F. Schumacher Ethical Economics Podcast with Jay Tompt

Join host Jonathan Brown in this episode of the Ethical Economics Podcast as he delves into the legacy of E.F. Schumacher and his seminal book Small is Beautiful with guest Jay Tompt, head of Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College.   Jay shares his journey from working in  Silicon Valley to the English market town of Totnes, detailing his experiences in sustainable business and community resilience. In this discussion, Jonathan and Jay explore Schumacher College’s philosophy, the relevance of Buddhist economics, and the importance of localism and ethical decision-making in today’s economic landscape. Discover more about the recent transformative changes at Schumacher College and the ongoing efforts to ensure the continuation of its influential teachings.   This episode provides deep insights into how E.F. Schumacher’s ideas can be applied to address current economic and environmental challenges.   To follow the Foundation please go to: https://www.satishkumarfoundation.co.uk/ [https://www.satishkumarfoundation.co.uk/]   and make sure to check out: https://www.schumacherwild.org/ [https://www.schumacherwild.org/]

Colluding, Pillaging and Permanent Distortions - How Bankers destroy Our World and What We Can do About It with Dr Nomi Prins

Our guest on today’s Ethical Economics podcast is Dr Nomi Prins. Dr Prins is a macroeconomist, geopolitical financial expert, best-selling author and founder of Prinsight Global, a geopolitical, financial and macroeconomic analysis company. Nomi is a Wall Street insider having held positions at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and Chase Manhattan Bank. She has written seven books, including Other People’s Money, which warned of the dangers in the global financial system before the GFC, It Takes a Pillage, and our main focus for today, Permanent Distortion.  She contributes regularly to various media outlets from the Financial Times to MSNBC, Fox Business and Bloomberg. In this podcast we look at all of her 20 years of publications beginning with Other Peoples’ Money from 2004 and make our way through to Permanent Distortion: How the financial markets abandoned the real economy forever.   To find out more about Dr Prins check out Amazon for her books https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Nomi-Prins/author/B002J3NQJI?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true [https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Nomi-Prins/author/B002J3NQJI?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true] And her substack https://prinsights.substack.com/ [https://prinsights.substack.com/]

Why do governments always fail and what can we do about it? with Dominic Frisby

In this podcast, we speak with committed libertarian Dominic Frisby, possibly the world's first economist-investor-comedian. Dom has recently re-released his top-selling book Life After the State, Why We Don’t Need Government. Dom has also produced works on Bitcoin, the future of money, taxation, Adam Smith, and mining. Our focus today is on Dom’s ideas about how and why we should reduce government interference in our lives and in the economy.  We consider the benefits of small government, the damage of fiat currency, the conditions for successful privatisations, the trouble in the NHS, taxation and its impact on society, and how we can rebuild society to create a freer and fairer society.     If you want to follow Dom, you can find out more (including the concert mentioned in the interview) at https://www.theflyingfrisby.com/ [https://www.theflyingfrisby.com/] https://x.com/DominicFrisby [https://x.com/DominicFrisby]   His books can be found here https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Dominic-Frisby/author/B00G4A3MM8?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true [https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Dominic-Frisby/author/B00G4A3MM8?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true]   Also, we mentioned his film about Adam Smith and the Edinburgh Fringe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6e6TpIrba0&t=96s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6e6TpIrba0&t=96s]

Rebalancing Society – How We Can Improve Business Performance and Rebalance Society with Henry Mintzberg

Welcome back to the second part of our interview with Professor Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Chair of Management Studies at McGill University in Canada.  Henry is the author of over 20 books focusing on management and strategy including his 2015 work, Rebalancing Society, the primary focus of these conversations.  In the first episode, we gained an overview of Henry’s work and the theoretical underpinnings of Rebalancing Society.  In this conversation, we begin with an exploration of how a leader could apply Henry’s research and practice to run a more successful organisation and, in so doing, help rebalance society. We explore how a more human-centred approach to leadership, with an emphasis on customer and stakeholder experience, and how valuing experienced managers over MBA-holding external hires with increased collaboration can transform outcomes for everyone. To help shape the dialogue, we use an example of a healthcare business, but the actions could work in most organisations.

Rebalancing Society - The Invisible Claw of Predatory Capitalism with Henry Mintzberg

My guest today is Professor Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Chair of Management Studies at McGill University in Canada.  Henry is the author of over 20 books focusing on management, organisations, strategy, healthcare and Rebalancing Society, the primary focus of this conversation.  He has pioneered a more practical and profitable approach to manager development as co-founder of the International Masters Program for Managers and the International Masters for Health Leadership, and champions the value of experienced managers over MBAs.  He has received an extraordinary number of awards and citations in his 60-year career including the Order of Canada and twenty-one honorary degrees from universities around the world. He was described by Tom Peters as perhaps the world’s premier management thinker.  In the first part of this conversation, we discuss the need to rebalance society through more practical and prophetic management approaches. We explore the flawed nature of our current economic system, which leads to power concentration in privileged elites. We also look at how disengagement and indifference are growing in society, particularly in the workplace. We then begin to explore how citizens could restructure our society to foster more community and engagement to correct these imbalances.