Are we entering a new era of 'political capitalism'?

In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.

With Russia facing crippling sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine and with many businesses, from McDonald's to Apple, pulling out of the country, does this mark the dawn of a new era for the relationship between big business and geopolitics? Can business ever be 'apolitical'? And as more of us express our political identity through the goods we purchase, has this given rise to 'political consumerism'? To discuss all this, Matthew is joined by Joe Zammit-Lucia, author of The New Political Capitalism.

Joe Zammit-Lucia is a founder of RADIX – a not-for-profit public policy think tank based in London, and the RADIX Centre for Business, Politics & Society based in Amsterdam. His latest book is The New Political Capitalism: How Businesses and Societies Can Thrive in a Deeply Politicized World.

A Tempo & Talker production for the RSA.  

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