Event overview
Culture & Finance Capital - Visual Cultures Public Programme Autumn 2016
Kerry-anne Mendoza - Austerity: The demolition of the welfare state and the rise of the zombie economy
Thursday 10 November, 5.00-7.00pm
Richard Hoggart Building, Room 342
Chair: Tom Trevatt
In 1944 the architects of neoliberalism met at Bretton Woods, with the aim to rid the world of fascism. What they actually did was lay the ground for a new corporate fascism, with austerity as the means to deliver it.
We are witnessing the end of what was started in 1944, which now takes its form in the demolition of the welfare state and the rise of the zombie economy. This is not a case of poor people suffering austerity while the wealthy are able to continue unperturbed; it is a case of poor people suffering in order that the wealthy can live in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
Kerry-anne Mendoza is Editor-in-Chief of The Canary (http://www.thecanary.co). She is known for creating one of the UK’s top independent political blogs (Scriptonite Daily), for authoring the best-seller 'Austerity', and for her Middle East reporting (notably Operation Protective Edge from Gaza through the Summer of 2014).
Her passions are politics, economics and current affairs, which she examines with the basic question: “How do we build a world that works for everyone?” She is based in Bristol, UK.
Culture & Finance Capital
The nature of contemporary capitalism has radically altered in the last forty years: financial activity dominates over production, speculative investment is commonplace, indebtedness is a globalising condition, austerity targets the most vulnerable.
These developments have not only changed the economic system, they have produced a new culture with widening inequality reshaping the social landscape of education, housing and public space. In this programme we shall explore the intricacies of the phenomenon called 'financialisation': surveying the way the credit system relates to everyday life, and hearing how artists, curators and activists are confronting finance from within the site of culture.
Series organisers: Louis Moreno & Tom Trevatt
The event is free. No booking is required. All are welcome!
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Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2016 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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