Frank Luntz on the New Language of Politics
Few people know more about the language of politics and how to effectively communicate with the public than Frank Luntz. As an award winning political and communications consultant, pollster and pundi...
7 Juli 202134min
Niall Ferguson on the Politics of Catastrophe
From the eruption of Vesuvius to the Chernobyl meltdown, human history has always been punctuated by catastrophes - some natural, others very much man-made. In his new book Doom: The Politics of Catas...
2 Juli 202154min
The Aristocracy of Talent
Meritocracy is the creed of our age. An idea that has great success in crossing traditional boundaries: not just Thatcher, Reagan and Boris Johnson, but Clinton, Blair and Xi Jinping have sung the pra...
15 Juni 202157min
Is Britain racist?
Is Britain a racist society?After a year where prejudice, privilege and protest have never been far from the headlines, it's a question that continues to provoke the fiercest debates – not least after...
21 Apr 202140min
The Future of Capitalism with Sir Paul Collier
Deep rifts are tearing societies apart and shredding old political allegiances: across the Western world, regions are rebelling against cities, the working class against the elites and the young again...
16 Mars 20211h
Meet the '109ers'
Right now All the Government’s efforts are focussed on coronavirus, but what about the fundamental mandate it was elected on?As the vaccine roll-out continues apace, backbench MPs could be forgiven fo...
1 Feb 202151min
The heroes and villains of 2020
For our final CapX Pocast of the year, it’s time to take a look back at this absolute car-crash of a year.Rather than the usual tête-à-tête, we decided to make this a bit more of a panel show format, ...
18 Dec 202051min
Extreme economies with Richard Davies
Not many economists have trekked through lawless jungles, visited shops and restaurants world’s most entrepreneurial refugee camp or hung out with inmates in a Louisiana mega jail.For his book, Extrem...
4 Dec 202042min
