Show Notes
Isabella Weber joins Oliver Eagleton to discuss the economics of beating the far right, the crisis of inflation, and whether Burnham's policies will deliver.
Weber's new book, Anti-Fascist Economics, is out now from Penguin: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/476377/anti-fascist-economics-by-weber-isabella/9780241796757
Chapters: (0:00) Introduction (0:30) What is 'antifascist economics'? (1:41) How 'free' markets pave the way for authoritarianism (3:29) Neoliberalism and fascism: where they converge and where they differ (7:05) The affordability agenda (10:15) Anti-imperialist economics (13:12) Anti-fascist economics in practice: Pedro Sánchez (14:43) Zohran Mamdani (19:28) Can Andy Burnham stop Reform?
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