This page brings together videos discussing various elements of postcapitalism. (Any targeted YouTube ads have nothing to do with us. You only have yourself – and Google’s relentless need to monetize content it didn’t make – to blame.)
Paul Mason, the author and journalist, tells the Guardian that capitalism has resulted in civil wars and economic disaster. And it’s going to get worse.
Video length: 3:33
NowThis World, the news service, provides a summary of mainstream thinking about digital transformation and postcapitalism.
Video length: 3:25
Jason Hickel, an anthropologist, suggests that moving beyond endless growth can save the planet and improve our lives.
Video length: 3:37
Anwar Shaikh, a professor at The New School for Social Research, argues capitalism has innate tendencies that must be regulated.
Video length: 2:02
Richard Wolff, an author and academic, promotes a collaborative approach between co-ops, unions and their supporters to enhance their power.
Video length: 4:38
Thomas Piketty, the academic, explains the effects of extreme inequality in a video for the Economic Policy Institute, the think tank.
Video length: 1:21
Activist and academic Angela Davis tells Democracy Now! that racism is intrinsic to capitalist relations.
Video length: 2:37
Official 247HH interviews Boots Riley, a film-maker and hip-hop artist, about how capitalism and racism shaped today’s power structures.
Video length: 5:18
Academic and activist bell hooks discusses the interlocking systems of capitalism, patriarchy, racism and imperialism that shape our world.
Video length: 4:07
Thomas Piketty, the academic, explains the effects of extreme inequality in a video for the Economic Policy Institute, the think tank.
Video length: 1:21
Economist Jayati Ghosh tells the Guardian her dreams for an ideal society, which would root out inequality but preserve cultural differences.
Video length: 3:13
David Schweickart, the author, explains a model of economic democracy that mixes markets and democratic workplaces.
Video length: 7:02
Economist Costas Lapavitsas suggests a world after capitalism will see money and credit move to being tools for genuine public service.
Video length: 4:22
Bengi Akbulut, the academic, talks about the valuable concepts of “commoning” and socially-driven economies.
Video length: 3:14
Journalist George Monbiot suggests that a world after capitalism is not a communist state, but an advanced form of social democracy.
Video length: 3:19
Hiroshi Onishi, from Keio University, argues that in a society where creativity is increasingly important, humans play a vital role.
Video length: 3:56
After capitalism, we will return to the art of discourse, writer and broadcaster Darcus Howe suggests to the Guardian.
Video length: 3:49
Yancey Strickler, a co-founder of Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform, outlines a different vision of growth and value for NBC News.
Video length: 3:38
In this session from the CES Summit, Akseli Virtanen, an economist, discusses how our language can extend beyond price and profit.
Video length: 8:01
Author Rebecca Walker describes a vision of a world after capitalism, underpinned by a moral and spiritual revolution, for the Guardian.
Video length: 4:27
Alexis Madrigal, a journalist at The Atlantic, outlines the dangers of “Disaster Capitalism”, where companies overtake public services.
Video length: 4:27
LONG VIDEOS
Paul Mason discusses what is needed to move to postcapitalism at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Universität Bonn.
Video length: 49:00
Laksmi Adriani Savitri, a lecturer at the Universitas Gajah Mada, looks at the role of the commons in furthering postcapitalism.
Video length: 31:22
In this TEDx talk, writer and activist Lebohang Liepollo Pheko imagines a world where women’s economic contributions are valued.
Video length: 17:42
Peter Frase, the author, highlights several possible futures for humanity (some good, some bad) in this talk from Sonic Acts.
Video length: 25:01
Nick Srnicek, the author and academic, suggests neoliberalism is dead, and we need new ideas to form the basis of a different future.
Video length: 25:00
Helen Hester, author of After Work: What’s Left and Who Cares, discusses what new social relations in the home might look like.
Video length: 10:17
Katherine Gibson, co-author of A Postcapitalist Politics, outlines the need for diverse economies that can preserve the planet.
Video length: 1hr 02mins
Kate Raworth, an economist, discusses what a sustainable, universally-beneficial economy would look like in this TED talk.
Video length: 15:53
Yanis Varoufakis, the economist, philosopher and politician, talks about what might come after capitalism for DiEM25.
Video length: 1hr
Nina Power, an academic, discusses how capitalism and the state are linked – and how both can be transformed in the future.
Video length: 31:36
Peter Diamandis, executive chairman of the Singularity University, shares his views on the “demonetization of living”.
Video length: 30:19
Rutger Bregman, the historian and author, makes the case for Universal Basic Income at the InnoTown Conference.
Video length: 44:38
Mark Fisher, the author and academic, argues that the left needs to shift its focus from anticapitalism to postcapitalism.
Video length: 1hr 38mins
Journalist Aaron Bastani explains why fully automated luxury communism might be future for The Institute of Art and Ideas.
Video length: 44:15
Daniel Susskind, the economist, says technology could bring about prosperity, but can’t tell us how to distribute this wealth fairly.
Video length: 1hr
Science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson outlines how society and government will need to evolve in line with the changing climate.
Video length: 1hr 03 mins
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