Materialism
The Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving
It's Christmastime and that means the large majority of us will receive gifts we neither wanted nor needed. Writer Livia Gershon has been looking at the history of giving Christmas gifts and what… Audio
Richard Denniss: 'Every time we waste money, we count it as wealth'
Many of us keep spending money we don't have, to buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't know. To stem this tide of waste we need to become more – not less – materialistic, economist and… Audio
Dr Nafeez Ahmed - failing states and collapsing systems
Investigative journalist Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed looks at what is triggering the unprecedented outbreak of global social unrest since the 2008 financial crash. Audio
Stuffocation
British author James Wallman with an alternative perspective on consumerism and de-cluttering: memories live longer than things. Cultural forecaster James Wallman's Stuffocation is inspired in part by… Audio